For the previous seven years she worked at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), first as an Economist in Financial Systems and Regulation section at the Monetary and Economic Department and then as the Economic Advisor at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). At BIS, she participated as a member and as a secretary of BIS-based committees of the Basel Committee of Banking Supervision, Financial Stability Board and the IAIS. Prior to arriving to Switzerland, Anastasia was an Assistant Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the US. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Toulouse in France, MA in Economics from the New Economic School and a BSc in Mathematical Economics from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia.
Education
1999-2004: PhD in Economics, with highest honors, Toulouse School of Economics, University of Toulouse, France
1998-1999: MS in Economic Theory and Econometrics, with highest honors, Toulouse School of Economics, University of Toulouse, France
1996-1998: MA in Economics, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia
1993-1997: BS in Mathematical Economics, Lonomosov Moscow State University, Russia
Employment
2021-2024: Associate Professor of Insurance Economics, School of Finance and Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
2019-current: Senior Research Fellow, Wharton Alternative Investments Initiative, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
2019-2020: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
2015-2018: Economic Adviser, International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland
2012-2015: Economist, Financial Systems and Regulation Section, Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland
2007-2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Insurance and Risk Management, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2004-2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Risk Management and Insurance, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA