Actuarial People

Julie is a Partner within the Public Sector Team at Hymans Robertson.We discuss entering the actuarial profession after completing her PhD, her experience with the exams, moving into people leadership and specialising in public sector consulting. Julie is also responsible for the internal Working Parents Network, so we explore her experience of balancing work with family life, working flexibly, and returning from maternity leave without hindering her career progression. Having spent time getting to know Julie, I realised that anyone who enjoys being a pensions actuary, who’d like to continue in consulting but would like to do something genuinely different, should consider adding public sector consulting to the list when considering what to do next.I hope you enjoy the conversation!Please connect with Julie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliewestlgpsemployers/Feel free to contact me via info@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

Victoria is a Partner at LCP and led the actuarial team of 80 people in Winchester for 5 years.We discuss Victoria’s journey to date including joining LCP as a Graduate, her experience with the exams, becoming a people manager, asking for help and advice, saying yes to new opportunities, and her career progression through each level to becoming a Partner. We also discuss her experience of hosting the podcast ‘Beyond Curious with LCP’ and her role as a Trustee for the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, which prompted one of the hardest-hitting question I’ve posed to date: ‘What do you prefer – Pensions or Penguins?’I hope you enjoy the conversation!Please connect with Victoria here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicsnowden/‘Beyond Curious with LCP’ is available on all podcast platforms and the LCP website – Victoria co-hosted series 2!Find out more about the charity UK Antarctic Heritage Trust here: https://www.ukaht.org/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

Joe is a Capital Actuary at Beazley. He is responsible for helping the Capital Team with updating and maintaining the internal model, specifically testing the model to ensure its operating effectively and compliant with regulations such as Solvency II. We discuss Joe’s entry into the actuarial profession, his experience with the exams and helping others with their study, his reasons for moving from pensions consulting into General Insurance, how he prepared himself for the change, choosing to specialise in Capital Modelling, and how he has found it so far.I hope you enjoy the episode!Please connect with Joe here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-hills-21491195/Feel free to contact me via info@actuarialpeople.com, james@turnerperkins.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/Actuarial People is sponsored by my actuarial recruitment company – https://turnerperkins.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

Helena is an Actuary, People Development Specialist and Executive Coach at WTW. She moved from the traditional actuarial path into people development a number of years ago, and now works to understand the learning & development needs of a range of colleagues from junior actuarial trainees through to very experienced client facing consultants, designing and delivering L&D solutions.We discuss Helena’s entry into the actuarial profession, becoming a qualified actuary, working in small and large consultancies, moving internally into L&D, her passion for lifelong learning, and her role as a member of the IFoA Diversity Action Group.Helena is a wonderful example of someone who has transitioned from being a traditional pensions actuary into something she is so clearly passionate about, and how you can do so with the support of a great employer.I hope you enjoy the conversation!Please connect with Helena here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helena-ingram-39441a60/Feel free to contact me on 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

Matt is an Investment Consultant working for Isio, and specialises in LDI.We explore Matt’s route into the actuarial profession after studying Maths and Cyber Security, gaining experience via a fully remote internship, choosing a career in consulting, balancing work with study and his other interests, presenting at his first client meeting, transferring from pensions to investment consulting and specialising in Liability-Driven Investment.It was lovely to speak with someone at a relatively early stage of their career who has already experienced such breadth of what an actuarial career can offer. I hope you enjoy the episode!Please connect with Matt here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewcorrie100/Feel free to contact me via info@actuarialpeople.com, james@turnerperkins.com or https://actuarialpeople.com.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

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