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In
the Presidential Palace on November 1st, 2007 the Lebanese
President, General Emile Lahoud, awarded Mr. Ibrahim Muhanna,
the chairman of the board of trustees of The Muhanna Foundation,
the medal of Officer of the “National Order of the Cedar”
in recognition of his service & devotion to Lebanon.
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Ibrahim
Muhanna Ibrahim
Muhanna is the Managing Director of i.e. Muhanna & co. (Actuarial
Services). Since 1986, he has advised insurers, governments and
other clients in 34 countries. He graduated from the University
of Michigan (1976) with a MSc in Actuarial Mathematics. Since 1995,
Mr. Muhanna has been a member of the International Actuarial Association
(IAA) Council. He is also a member of the IAA Executive Committee
and is actively involved in other IAA Committees & Sections.
For example, he is the Chairperson of the Members Services Committee
and the Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the IAA Education
Program. He is also the founding member of the IAA Health Section.
Moreover, he is the vice-chairman of the actuarial technical commission
of the International Social Security Association (ISSA). Mr. Muhanna's
other roles involve being the first Chairman of the Cyprus Actuarial
Association, member of the Swiss Association of Actuaries and he
is the Past President of the Lebanese Association of Actuaries.
He is also a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD) in the UK.
He has written several papers on actuarial and insurance issues.
In 2001 he introduced the first financial strength rating services
for insurance companies in the Arab World.
Christopher
Daykin was the Government Actuary of the United Kingdom
from April 1989 to September 2007. He qualified as a Fellow of the
Institute of Actuaries in 1973 and was a member of the Council of
The Institute of Actuaries from 1985 to 1999, serving as President
from 1994 to 1996. He was Chairman of the International Forum of
Actuarial Associations (IFAA) from 1996 to 1997. He has written
numerous papers on actuarial topics and is a joint author of the
book Practical Risk Theory for Actuaries with Professor Teivo Pentikäinen
and Dr. Martti Pesonen. In 1993 he was made a Companion of the Order
of the Bath (CB) by Her Majesty the Queen. In 1995 he was awarded
a degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the City University,
London. He is a visiting professor at City University and at universities
in Shanghai and Beijing. He is Chairman of the Pensions, Benefits
and Social Security Section of the International Actuarial Association
(IAA) and a member of the IAA Executive Committee.
Curtis
Huntington is a Mathematics Professor and Director of the
Actuarial Program at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). He
is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Fellow of the Conference
of Consulting Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of
Actuaries. Previously he served as Corporate Actuary of New England
Life (Boston) before retirement in 1993. He is a former Vice President
of the Society of Actuaries (U.S.A.), served as a Director of the
American Academy of Actuaries and was a member of the Executive
Committee of the American Society of Pension Actuaries. He is also
a Director of The Actuarial Foundation and serves as a Director
of three other charitable actuarial organizations. He is a member
of the Accreditation, Education and Professionalism Committees of
the International Actuarial Association (IAA) in addition to serving
as Chair of the IAA Audit and Finance Committee. He has recently
been appointed Vice Chair of the Actuarial Board of Counseling and
Discipline (U.S.). He has been an Instructor at the Muhanna Foundation
Diploma Program since 1998.
Hans
U. Gerber is an Actuarial Sciences Professor at the University
of Lausanne. Until 1981 he was with the University of Michigan.
He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and a Full member
of the Swiss Association of Actuaries. He is the author of the books
"An Introduction to Mathematical Risk Theory" and "Life
Insurance Mathematics". He is coauthor of the monographs "Actuarial
Mathematics" and "Financial Economics". He is an
Editor of Insurance: Mathematics & Economics, and an Associate
Editor of the North American Journal. He is a recipient of the Centennial
Award of the IAA, the Halmstad Award, the Edward A. Lew Award, and
the Annual Award, all from the Society of Actuaries.
Adnan
Hamzeh is a Statistics Professor and Director of Community
Service and Continuity Education Center at Beirut Arab University.
He received a Ph.D in statistics from State University of New York
at Albany (SUNYA). He has taught over 25 years at SUNYA, American
University of Beirut, Institute of Public Administration in Saudi
Arabia, and Public Authority of Applied Education and training in
Kuwait. Dr. Hamzeh has done several consultations for regional and
international organizations (UNESCO, UNDP). He is currently a member
of several national educational committees in the Ministry of Higher
Education in Lebanon and the head of the BCU College (Hawaii University
of Lebanon). He has been an Instructor at the Muhanna Foundation
Diploma Program since 1997.
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