Denise Garcia Ocampo

Senior Advisor, Financial Stability Institute, Bank for International Settlements

Denise joined the BIS in 2018, where she contributes to FSI’s publications, outreach programme and tutorial development, mainly on topics related to insurance supervision and digital innovation in financial services.

Her recent publications on insurance topics include an analysis of parametric insurance as a tool for addressing NatCat protection gaps, the activities of big tech companies in the insurance sector and an overview of suptech applications for insurance supervision. Her recent work on digital innovations explores policy and regulatory responses to cryptoassets, stablecoins and DeFi.

Additionally, Denise co-leads the BIS Fintech Repository initiative, coordinates the FSI-IAIS regulatory and supervisory training online course (FIRST ONE) and represents the BIS at the IAIS Fintech Forum.

Prior to joining the BIS, Denise held various roles at the Insurance and Surety National Commission of Mexico including Head of Research and Development. She holds a degree in administration from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and a diploma in public administration from the Instituto Nacional de Administración Publica, Mexico.