Paul is the UK Head of Pensions Consulting & Partner at EY.Paul leads a team of Actuaries, Investment professionals, data scientists and scheme excellence & governance experts.We explore Paul’s career journey to date, including how he entered the profession, his experience with the actuarial exams, Paul’s approach to career progression, working for different consultancies, becoming an MD of an investment Bank and becoming a ‘Big 4’ Partner. All after accepting his first actuarial role before he really knew what an actuary was!I loved hearing about Paul’s passion for identifying and developing ‘quiet leaders’ and the changes he has made to help unlock his team’s true potential.I hope you enjoy the conversation!Please connect with Paul here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-kitson-7b64026/Feel free to contact me via info@actuarialpeople.com, james@turnerperkins.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/Mentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website

Mayowa is a Pricing Actuary at Just Group, specialising in Bulk Annuities.We explore his career journey to date, from when he first discovered the actuarial profession existed, becoming a pensions actuary after completing a chemical engineering degree, and working for two pensions consultancies before moving into insurance. We discuss finding a balance between technical and client facing work, Mayowa’s career motivations, what being an actuary means to him, how he has found the move to an insurance company after his first month in the new role, and his views on the future of actuarial work.I hope you enjoy the conversation!Please connect with Mayowa here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayowaokulate/Feel free to contact me via info@actuarialpeople.com, https://actuarialpeople.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/Mentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website

Richard is an experienced Actuary & Director of Enterprise Risk Management for Europe at Canada Life.After getting a feel for his career journey to date, we explore his experience of working in different countries, his passion for helping people to think differently, striving to help the global development of the actuarial profession via volunteering for the IFoA and the International Actuarial Association, and Richard's role as a coach. I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation, his openness, thoughtfulness and fantastic breadth of experience both in and outside of the 'day job' allowed me to get to know the real Richard and there is so much here for everybody to enjoy.A perfect final episode for 2023!Please connect with Richard here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-g-5a632743/Feel free to contact me via https://actuarialpeople.com or info@actuarialpeople.comMentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website

Jyotsna is a ALM Actuary - currently working across investments and matching adjustment projects for a large Life Insurance company.We learn how Jyotsna decided to become an actuary, beginning her journey in Bulk Annuity Pricing, her experience of relocating from India to the UK, transitioning to working on the asset side, working in insurance consulting, and developing her investment specialism & love for asset liability management. We also discuss her role as President of the Indian Actuarial Network.I hope you enjoy the conversation!Please connect with Jyotsna here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jyotsna-kaushik-577a4b22/Feel free to get in touch with me via info@actuarialpeople.com or https://actuarialpeople.comMentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website

Catherine is a Scheme Actuary at First Actuarial and has 17 years' experience in the industry.We discuss Catherine's journey as an actuary to date, from how she first entered the profession after achieving a PhD, her experience with the exams, attending her first client meetings, her career motivations, the process of becoming a Scheme Actuary and moving from a 'big 4' type company into her current role at First Actuarial.I hope you enjoy the conversation!Please connect with Catherine here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-snape-2a3218a0/Feel free to contact me via info@actuarialpeople or https://actuarialpeople.comConnect with me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/Mentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website

Emma is a Senior Consultant at Aon and has recently celebrated her 15 years work anniversary! She sits in the corporate consulting team, advising final salary schemes, some DC schemes and also provides wider pensions advice.We explore Emma’s journey to date, including how she first became an actuary, her experience with the exams, moving from trustee to corporate consulting, becoming a people manager, taking on a project consultancy role after returning from maternity leave, and developing her specialisms in PPF levy consulting and project management.Please connect with Emma here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-dodgson-1822ba94/I hope you enjoy the conversation!Feel free to contact me via info@actuarialpeople.com or https://actuarialpeople.comConnect with me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/Mentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website

Jen worked a Life Insurance Actuary for almost 18 years, and today is a Coach for her own business – Soulfire Coaching. Coaching has been mentioned a number of times by my previous guests as an invaluable way to help get the most out of their actuarial careers, so I was absolutely delighted to spend some time with someone who has been both an Actuary and a Coach!After getting a feel for how and why Jen became an actuary and her career path, we dive into her transition to setting up a coaching business. We explore the different reasons to work with a coach, the common signs that someone might benefit from coaching, we talk about the coaching process – what it would look and feel like and the duration, we discuss what makes a good client/coach relationship, successful outcomes, and how to choose the right coach for you.I hope this conversation helps to raise the awareness of how useful coaching can be to any career.To find out more about Jen’s coaching and the different ways she can help, please visit https://soulfirecoaching.co.uk/Please connect with Jen here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jengoddardfia/ or email jen@soulfirecoaching.co.ukThanks for listening!Please feel free to contact me via https://actuarialpeople.com or info@actuarialpeople.comMentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website

In this special episode of Actuarial People, I'm delighted to be joined by Erik Snaathorst!Erik is an Early Careers Manager at Barnett Waddingham, where he is responsible for recruiting for new graduates, internships, apprentices and work experience opportunities across the business.Erik shares his amazing experience on all things relating to getting your first step on the actuarial career ladder. We discuss the importance of applying early to internship and graduate opportunities, the different skills and experiences you can add to your CV and application forms, what you can expect when attending assessment days, and I ask Erik some of the questions sent in from listeners such as finding a role with visa sponsorship, or moving into actuarial after starting a career in a different field.If you are considering being an actuary in the future, this episode is for you :)Please connect with Erik here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eriksnaathorst/Feel free to contact me on info@actuarialpeople.com Connect with me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/Mentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website

This week I’m delighted to be joined by James Nunn.James is a qualified actuary, and an Actuarial Tutor for ActEd. He has over 20 years of actuarial experience across both Life Insurance and Pensions Consulting.We discuss everything from James’ love of maths (and running!), to starting his first actuarial role, working for consultancies of different shapes and sizes, transitioning from pensions into life insurance after qualifying, some of the differences and similarities between life & pensions, and transferring his skills and experience to teaching.For anyone still taking the actuarial exams – our conversation around James’ role as an Actuarial Tutor has some very useful insights!!Please connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-nunn-9ab00786/Feel free to contact me on info@actuarialpeople.com or via https://actuarialpeople.comConnect with me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/Mentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website

This week on Actuarial People I had the pleasure of speaking with Lloyd Richards!Lloyd is a Director & Head of Actuarial at Crowe UK, and specialises in risk & sustainability consulting. His client base spans across Insurance, Asset Management and other sectors, and he helps to develop and embed their risk management frameworks.In this episode we discuss how Lloyd discovered the actuarial profession, starting his career initially in pensions consulting, his move internally to insurance consulting, his experience with the exams, moving into risk consulting with a very small consultancy (later acquired by Crowe!) and how he has 'found his niche'.We also learn about Lloyd’s role in teaching at Queen Mary’s University and his charitable maths tutoring, as well as his role as a Liveryman with the Worshipful Company of Actuaries!Please connect with Lloyd here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloydrichards/Feel free to contact me via https://actuarialpeople.com or info @actuarialpeople.com.Connect with me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/Mentioned in this episode:Actuarial People is sponsored by my recruitment company Turner Perkins. I specialise in helping pensions actuarial professionals across all experience levels with their career moves. Please visit https://turnerperkins.com or email james.turner@turnerperkins.com to arrange a confidential conversation!TP Website