Alex Kaplan
Alex Kaplan is Vice President of Global Partnerships for Swiss Re developing and executing innovative risk transfer solutions to help governments, international financial institutions and NGOs at all levels manage their financial risks.
Kaplan joined Swiss Re in 2008 as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs representing Swiss Re’s commercial interests before governors, state insurance regulators and legislators as well as members of Congress and appointed members of the Federal government.
Before joining Swiss Re, Kaplan was appointed as the Deputy to the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs for the United States Department of the Treasury under Secretary Henry M. Paulson in August 2006. His responsibilities included managing the Office of Legislative Affairs for the Assistant Secretary and advising on all personnel, policy, and legal issues. Kaplan focused on leading Treasury nominees through the U.S. Senate confirmation process; advising on a wide array of Treasury policy matters; and contributing to the Treasury Secretary’s strategic planning.
From 2002 to 2006, Kaplan served as the Manager of Government Affairs of the Organization for International Investment (OFII), a Washington D.C.-based business association representing US subsidiaries of foreign companies. Prior to joining OFII, Kaplan was a Senior Staff Assistant on the Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives working on tax and economic policy.
Kaplan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Hobart College in Geneva, New York.
Related Resources from Alex Kaplan
Closing the Financial Gap: New Partnerships Between the Public and Private Sectors to Finance Disaster Risks
Swiss Re, 2011
