Benjamin Lorent

TEACHING POSITIONS

• Finance Lecturer, Bachelor in Business Engineering, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles (since September 2016).
• Professor in the Online Executive Master in Management, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB) with HEC-Liège and UCL. Course’s Title: Finance and Accounting (since January 2017).
• Professor in the Master in Management of Banking and Finance in Hanoi, Vietnam, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB). Course’s Title: Insurance and Asset Management (since June 2012).
• Professor for the Swiss Accountancy Academy in Lausanne, Switzerland. Course’s Title: Structure du Capital et Coût du Capital (since June 2009).
• Professor in the Licence Professionnelle Banque, Université de Commerce du Vietnam in Hanoi, Vietnam in partnership with Université de Rouen. Course’s Title: Financial Markets (since September 2014).
• Professor of Accounting and Finance in the Bachelor Programme, Ecole de Commerce Bogaerts, in partnership with ISTEC (Paris), Brussels (since September 2014).
• Lecturer in Executive Education Programs: Finance for Non-financial Managers (Brussels and Luxemburg), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB). Finance Courses (since September 2013).
• Trainer for Save Europe, Preparation for the European Union Tests. Brussels, Milan and Luxemburg (since January 2015).
• Teaching Assistant – Part-time MBA Program, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB). Course’s Title: Finance (Pr. Hugues Pirotte) (since September 2013).
• Part-time Teaching Assistant, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB), Risk Management and Derivatives (Pr. Hugues Pirotte) (since September 2014); Advanced Finance and Introduction to Theoretical Finance (Pr. Laurent Gheeraert) (Since September 2015).

CONSULTING ACTIVITIES: MAIN MISSIONS

• Top 5 Belgian Insurance Company (P&V): Cost of Capital and SCR Projection.
• Belgian Public Company (Publifin): Financial and Economic Audit.
• Axa Belgium: Implementation of the Solvency II Project for the Risk Management Department.

EDUCATION

• June 2016: PhD, Solvay Brussels of Economics and Management School, ULB. Dissertation: “Treatment of Market Risks under Solvency II and its Market Implications”. Directors: Pr. Ariane Chapelle and Pr. Hugues Pirotte.
• September 2008: Master in Actuarial Sciences, ULB. Dissertation: “Internal and Standard Solvency Models Compared: A Clinical Case”.
• June 2006: DEA in Science in Management, Solvay Business School, ULB. Dissertation : “Raisons Fondamentales d’une Régulation Prudentielle du Secteur des Assurances”, Director: Pr. Ariane Chapelle, Cum Laude.
• June 2005: Executive Master in Finance, Solvay Business School, degree delivered by the ULB.
• June 2004: Master of Science in Management, Finance Orientation, Solvay Business School, ULB. Dissertation: “Evaluation du Contrat d’Avenir pour la Wallonie”.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Insurance and Banking Regulation: Basel III – Solvency II – Swiss Solvency Test
• Corporate Finance
• Risk Management
• Derivatives

SKILLS

• French: Mother Language
• English: Fluent
• Dutch: Fair
• Computing: Office, Matlab, SAS
• Driving License