Vijay Manghnani, Ph.D., FCAS
CUO and CIO
Vijay Manghnani is a recognized leader in insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe risk management, and innovative climate-related financial products. With a distinguished career spanning global financial and insurance institutions, Vijay has been instrumental in driving advanced science, analytics, and risk management strategies.
He was a founding member of the ILS team at PIMCO, serving as SVP, Head of Risk and Analytics for the ILS Fund and was the Chief Risk Officer & Chief Actuary at Newport Re. Previously, he led the Catastrophe Risk Management and Analytics Center of Excellence at AIG. Throughout his career, Vijay has held senior leadership roles at ACE/Chubb, Weather Predict (Renaissance Re), and Aquila Inc, managing portfolios of climate, weather, and catastrophe insurance products.
Vijay holds a Ph.D. in Meteorology from North Carolina State University, is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS), and is a member of the American Meteorological Society. He also served as Chair of the North American Actuaries Climate Change Committee, contributing to the quantification of climate risk for the insurance industry. Beyond his corporate achievements, Vijay has shared his expertise as an Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at Clemson University.