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Our team
Headquarters
| Craig Churchill |
Team Leader |
Email: churchill@ilo.org
Skype: cfchurchill
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Biography of Mr Craig Churchill
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| Sarah Bel |
Communication and Public Information Officer |
Email: bel@ilo.org
Skype: microinsurance-sarah-bel |
Sarah Bel, a French national, has worked for more than 10 years in the fields of strategic communication, information products and the media. She worked for the French Embassy in Asia (Indonesia and Cambodia) primarily as a Cultural Officer. She has also worked in France as a communication officer (graphic agencies and public theatres) and as a journalist for various magazines. In 2003, she started with the Technical Centre for Agricultural Cooperation (CTA), an international agency backed by the European Community and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) and mandated to improve access to agricultural information in these countries. She was responsible for the production of radio and video information products, corporate communication and media activities (including an annual award for African journalists and structuring an ACP media network). She holds a postgraduate degree (DESS) in Cultural Management from Paris VIII and she is currently enrolled in a Masters degree program on Communication for Development (Malmo Sweden).
Speaks: French, English, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia (basic)
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| Jeanna Holtz |
Senior Grant Officer |
Email: holtz@ilo.org
Skype: j.holtz1 |
Jeanna Holtz - American - has an extensive background in health insurance and consulting. She recently worked for Allianz, based in Munich, leading a team of internal consultants to support Allianz health insurance businesses and initiatives worldwide. Prior to that, she worked for Aetna, a large US health insurer, to develop and manage medical provider networks, and to support health plan operations in the northwest United States. She has expertise in medical cost management, provider network development, business process improvement, and health insurance operations. She holds a MBA from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in human nutrition from Washington State University.
Speaks: English; German (essentials)
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| Michal Matul |
Research Officer |
Email: matul@ilo.org
Skype: mmatul |
Michal Matul, a Polish national, worked for the last 8 years for the Microfinance Centre (MFC) for Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States as a Financial Education Program manager. Michal has been involved in more than 20 action-research projects with microfinance practitioners in more than 10 countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and West Africa. His main areas of expertise include financial education, social performance, microinsurance, impact assessment, market research, marketing and product development. He holds an MSc in Economics and Statistics from Warsaw School of Economics, and a postgraduate certificate (DEA) from Sciences Politiques (Paris) in Economic Demography in Developing Countries.
Speaks: English, French, Polish, basic Russian
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| José A. Navarro |
Grant Officer |
Email: navarroj@ilo.org
Skype: josea_navarro |
Venezuelan and Spanish national - is a certified actuary with more than 20 years experience in the international insurance and reinsurance sectors. Holding a Masters degree in financial derivatives (IEB University Complutense - Madrid), José has worked in direct insurance and reinsurance companies in Latin America and Europe. He was a senior consultant at Watson Wyatt in Spain, supporting insurance companies in the transition to the European Solvency II framework. He has also worked in the Economic Value Management Unit at Swiss Re Zurich, modelling risk capital and pricing reinsurance treaties.
Speaks: Spanish, English
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| Caroline Phily |
Technical Officer |
Email: phily@ilo.org
Skype: carophily |
French - has worked in both the private and the non profit insurance world. She is a certified actuary (ISFA diploma) and has worked for several years in private companies (in France and in Chile), especially in credit insurance topics, developing risk management and pricing tools. She also has a master degree in development (Lyon II university) and has worked as a technical assistant for a community based health insurance scheme in Cambodia for almost 2 years.
Speaks: French, Spanish, English
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| Pranav Prashad |
Grant Officer |
Email: prashad@ilo.org
Skype: microinsurance-pranav-prashad |
Pranav Prashad, an Indian national, is a business manager with more than 21 years experience across various sectors ranging from consumer products, telecom to insurance. Graduated with honours in Economics and holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University, India. Pranav worked in organisations like Heinz and Tata Tele Services and during his previous assignment with ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company was responsible for expanding the company's rural footprint and developing relevant products. He developed the organisation's micro insurance plans and implemented large programmes in index based weather insurance and rural health.
Speaks: English, Hindi
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| Miguel Solana |
Technical Officer |
Email: solana@ilo.org
Skype: microinsurance-miguel-solana |
Miguel Solana, a Mexican national, has previously worked in Switzerland as a Senior Analyst for Symbiotics SA, in microfinance investment services, and as an Associate at Deutsche Bank in Mexico City and Dresdner Kleinwort in Frankfurt. He has also been involved in various community development programs in Mexico as well as youth and HIV/AIDS related social projects. Miguel Solana studied actuarial science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City and holds an MBA from the business school WHU in Koblenz, Germany.
Speaks: Spanish, English, German, French and Portuguese
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| Mary Yang |
Technical Assistance Officer |
Email: yang@ilo.org
Skype: microinsurance-mary-yang |
Mary Yang - Taiwanese American - practiced as an actuary and a global retirement benefits consultant at Towers Perrin for 10 years prior to joining the Facility. She is experienced in addressing international human resources (HR) issues and has carried out multi-country projects on a range of HR topics including benefits policy, design, valuation and risk management. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in the US and holds a MBA from INSEAD (France) as well as a BS in actuarial science from the University of Illinois.
Speaks: Mandarin, Taiwanese, English, French
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Regional focal points
| Yoseph Aseffa |
Chief Project Advisor (Based in Addis Ababa) |
Email: aseffa@ilo.org
Skype: Microinsurance.Aseffa |
Yoseph Aseffa, Ethiopian, has served for 24 years as CEO of the African Insurance Organization (AIO) covering 42 African countries. He was instrumental in developing regional programs for insurance supervisory authorities, the insurance industry and training centres in Africa. He initiated the creation of the Association of African Insurance Supervisory Authorities, the African Reinsurance Forum, the African Regional Rating Scheme and the African Centre for Natural Catastrophe Risks. He has done insurance consulting with the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and UNCTAD. He has also served as a Director of QED Actuaries and Consultants, South Africa. His responsibilities at ILO focus on ILO's access to insurance for financial inclusion initiatives. Yoseph holds a BBA degree from Addis Ababa University and from Fellow Life Management Institute (FLMI), USA.
Speaks: Amharic, English and French
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"Success from the "bottom up" perspective would be if large numbers of low-income persons understood insurance - what it can and cannot accomplish, on its own and in conjunction with other financial services - and make well-informed decisions about whether or not to purchase insurance...What I want to see is that they are making knowledgeable purchasing decisions and by doing so are starting to have greater influence over the design and quality of products and services that they can access."
Craig Churchill
"There is a need to build financial capabilities of low-income households so that they are more proactive money managers, understand their financial needs and see the need for microinsurance as one of
several financial instruments helping to build their assets."
Michal Matul
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