Eugene Gurenko
Senior Insurance Specialist, FSOPD
World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433

Dr. Eugene N. Gurenko is a Senior Insurance Specialist at the World Bank Insurance Practice. During his career at the World Bank Group, which he joined in 1998, he designed and managed the World Bank program of technical assistance and lending to the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool, currently one of the largest earthquake insurers in the world. For his work on the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool, Mr. Gurenko received President's Excellence Award. Since then, Mr. Gurenko has been actively involved in developing catastrophe risk management solutions for the World Bank client countries. His latest assignments include the design and management of World Bank programs of technical assistance and lending in support of the catastrophe insurance programs in Turkey, Iran, Romania, India, Columbia and the Philippines. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Gurenko was an investment banker and a private consultant. Mr. Gurenko is a graduate of Moscow State University, holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and an associate
degree in reinsurance (ARe).