Mariagiovanna (Patti) Guatteri

Mariagiovanna (Patti) Guatteri is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Swiss Re’s dedicated Cat Bond investment manager (Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation) which was set up in June 2022.   Before serving in these capacities, Mariagiovanna headed the ILS Portfolio Management activity at Swiss Re, where she was responsible for managing all proprietary ILS-related investment strategies for Swiss Re, including Cat Bonds, ILWs and catastrophe derivatives. During the same period, Mariagiovanna has also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Re Risk Solutions Corporation, one of Swiss Re’s derivative carriers. Prior to heading the ILS Portfolio Management team at Swiss Re, Mariagiovanna worked on Swiss Re’s ILS trading desk where she was responsible for customer and proprietary trading and developed extensive knowledge and experience in the ILS market, Cat Bond trading and ILS portfolio construction.

Mariagiovanna joined Swiss Re in 2003 as Natural Catastrophe Specialist, gaining experience in risk analysis, cat modeling and underwriting. She holds several patents in the field of earthquake modeling and parametric trigger development for natural catastrophe trades and has published numerous peer-reviewed papers and articles in trade magazines.

Mariagiovanna received her Master’s and PhD degree in Geophysics, and Master’s degree in Statistics, each from Stanford University and holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Physics from Universita’ degli Studi in Bologna, Italy.