Niels Kasch
Giorgio Baldassarri
Giorgio leads the Analytical Innovation & Development Group, a global team of 15 highly skilled individuals (PhDs, CFAs, FRMs), developing all quantitative models that power the Credit Analytics platform within Credit Risk Solutions, and enable users to assess the credit risk of public and private companies, worldwide. His team helps positioning the models and provides deep technical expertise during pre-sale and post-sale process. Giorgio is the inventor of a novel approach to quantify credit risk of publicly listed companies.
Prior to joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Giorgio worked as Associate Director in Group Risk at Barclays, leading the re-development of its AMA operational risk model. He holds a PhD in Quantum Mechanics and Semiconductor Physics, and a magna cum laude degree in Physics and is the author of more than 50 papers in scientific peer-reviewed journals.
His latest paper on energy transition risks and opportunities was published in Journal of Energy Markets.
Bernardo Marinho Fontes Alexandre
Bernardo is partner at the Dannemann Siemsen firm. As an attorney, engineer and industrial property agent, Bernardo has extensive and solid experience both in patent litigation and prosecution, mainly in the chemical, pharmaceutical, agricultural and biotechnological areas. Bernardo constantly works in complex patent litigations (infringement and validity lawsuits, and challenges against rejections before the Court), as well as before the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office [National Institute of Industrial Property], assisting national and international innovator companies in the pursue of and upholding patent protection. Bernardo has a degree in Law and Food Engineering both from the Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ). Bernardo, besides the board of directors of the Dannemann Siemsen Institute (IDS), is member of important intellectual property associations in Brazil, such as ABAPI and ABPI, and also of the Brazilian Bar Association.
Rebecca Li
Antony Taubman
Antony Taubman is Director of the WTO’s Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division. He formerly directed the Global Intellectual Property Issues Division of WIPO (including the Traditional Knowledge Division and Life Sciences Programme), covering IP and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore, the life sciences, and related global issues including public health and climate, the environment, climate change, human rights, food security, bioethics and indigenous issues. He earlier held appointments in the Australian diplomatic service and worked in private practice as a patent attorney, and he has held a number of academic and teaching positions. He has published widely on international IP law and policy, and cognate policy and legal questions. His educational background encompasses law, international relations, computer science, mathematics, philosophy, classical Greek and theology.
Kevin Galinsky
Tala Fakhouri
