EUROPA Re has announced Eugene GURENKO was elected as third member of its Board of Directors. Hansjurg APPENZELLER and Anselm SMOLKA, members of the Board of Directors since 2009 and 2016 respectively, were re-elected for a new term.

Mr. GURENKO is a Lead Insurance Specialist at the World Bank, which he joined in 1998. Since then he has managed and implemented dozens of World Bank advisory and investment projects in insurance in over 30 countries. He is a renowned international expert and practitioner of catastrophe (re)insurance with over 20 years of insurance industry experience world-wide. Among his most noteworthy professional accomplishments are the creation and operational management of several national and multi-national catastrophe risk insurance programs.

During 2005-2006, Mr. GURENKO was with Munich Re, where he headed the company's Task Force on Terrorism Risk Management reporting directly to the company's Board. The outcome of these efforts was the launch of the company's group-wide accumulation control system for the risk of terrorism.

Dr. GURENKO holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, a M.Sc. Degree from Moscow State University, a title of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and an associate degree in reinsurance (ARe) from the American Insurance Institute. He is an author of numerous publications on insurance and reinsurance, including several books.