Αλέξανδρος Γεωργιάδης
Head of Weather Risk Modelling EMEA, Impact Forecasting, AON
Current Responsibilities
Alexandros joined Impact Forecasting – Aon’s catastrophe model development centre of excellence in the autumn of 2009. Alexandros is responsible for developing Impact Forecasting’s probabilistic extreme weather models for Europe and he is currently leading the weather risk modelling team in Europe. In addition, he manages Impact Forecasting’s long-standing cooperation with the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
His background lies in the field of climatology, including atmospheric dynamics and climate modelling, surface-atmosphere interactions, global warming and anthropogenic climate change, assessment of the long-term meteorological forest fire risk and remote sensing.
Experience
Prior to joining Aon, between 2008 and 2009, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Space and Atmospheric Physics (SPAT) group in Imperial College London. Before that, in 2007 he worked as a researcher in the Geography Department at the University of Sheffield, where participated in the validation and development of an Iceberg detection and tracking system from ESA SAR images.
Education
Alexandros holds a PhD in climatology from the University of Sheffield and an MSc in climate change from the University of East Anglia in Norwich.
Honors & Awards
London CAT modeling Awards 2022 – Best Recent Research.
Key Publications
Georgiadis A.P. and G.R. Bigg (2007). ‘Environmental links to reduced tropical cyclogenesis over the south-east Caribbean’, International Journal of Climatology 27(8): 989-1001. DOI: 10.1002/joc.1451
Foote M, K. Mitchell-Wallace, M. Jones, J. Hillier, B. Page, A. Podlaha, C. Souch, R. Gunasekera, S. Latchman, M. Simic, R. Vitolo, N. Shome, A. Georgiadis, P. Puncochar, G. Trendafiloski, C. Ewing, R. Drinka, R. Solnicky, S. Cerna, M. Hill (2017). ‘Building Catastrophe Models’ in ‘Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling: A Practitioner’s Guide’, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. DOI: 10.1002/9781118906057.ch4
Mömken J., I. Alifdini, A.M. Ramos, A. Georgiadis, A. Brocklehurst, L. Braun, and J.G. Pinto (2024). ‘Insurance loss model vs. meteorological loss index – how comparable are their loss estimates for European windstorms?’ Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 24, 3445–3460. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-3445-2024