Sobehart

＂Climate change is one of the most recognized issues facing society today. International organizations, the scientific community, regulators and industry groups have been conducting climate risk studies for many years. As the impact of climate change and CO2 emissions gain more visibility globally, there is an increase interest in understanding how the industry landscape will be reshaped in response to the changing physical, economic and political environment.＂--

JORGE SOBEHART has over 35 years of experience in advanced quantitative modelling in industry and government, having worked for prestigious institutions including the Atomic Energy Commission of Argentina (Nuclear Fusion Division), the Center for Nonlinear Studies at the US Los Alamos National Laboratory, Moody’s Investors Service, and CASA, a cutting-edge financial consulting start-up, making contributions in the fields of risk management, behavioral finance, theoretical and applied physics, computation and mathematical modeling. He also acted as a technical reviewer for several book editors and over a dozen professional journals in these fields. He is currently a Managing Director at a large global financial institution, leading analytics for wholesale credit and climate risk and risk ratings. During his career, he designed and developed frameworks for wholesale credit risk capital and allocation, credit and climate risk stress testing (CCAR, ICAAP, Climate Risk), credit reserves (CECL, IFRS9, FAS5), risk ratings, probability of default and various early warning tools of credit deterioration.