Actuarial People

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

This week I'm delighted to be joined by Phillip White!Phil is an Actuarial Consultant at Buck (a Gallagher company) and has 14 years of experience in the pensions industry.We explore Phil's journey to date, and discuss setting sights on becoming an actuary in year 9 of school, getting his first job in pensions as an administrator, transitioning across to an actuarial career path, managing people, developing specialisms, and progressing his career without fully qualifying as an Actuary. Phil also shares some valuable advice for aspiring actuaries and those at the earlier stages of their career.I hope you enjoy!Please connect with Phil here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-white-21117b20b/Please feel free to get in touch via https://actuarialpeople.com or info@actuarialpeople.comPlease 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

My guest this week is the wonderful Ingrid Chiu!Ingrid is a Lead Consultant at WTW in Reigate, and has 11 years' experience in the pensions sector.We explore Ingrid's career journey to date, discussing her initial 6 week internship, starting full-time on the graduate scheme, her experience with the actuarial exams, and gaining broader experience via secondments & specialist teams.Ingrid also shares her experience of balancing family life with work (and the support she has received from her colleagues) - having had her first of two children just a year after joining as a graduate.I loved speaking with Ingrid and hope you enjoy!Please connect with Ingrid here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingrid-c-6987a311b/Feel free to contact me via https://actuarialpeople.com or info@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 I'm joined by the wonderful Ji-Hyang Lee!Ji-Hyang is a Senior Consultant & Pensions Actuary at Aon, and has 18 years experience in the industry.We discuss her experience to date, from when she first discovered that Actuaries existed, securing her first role as a graduate, advice on actuarial exam technique, working for consultancies of different shapes and sizes, client relationships, career mentoring, and her work on diversity, equity and inclusion.Please connect with Ji-Hyang here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ji-hyang-lee-71946031/Feel free to contact me via info@actuarialpeople.com, https://actuarialpeople.com or via LinkedIn: 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 Kylie Arbon!Kylie is a qualified Pensions Actuary, and Head of Transformation at Broadstone. We discuss how Kylie discovered the actuarial profession, her path to qualification, becoming a client facing consultant, her experience with Coaching & Mentoring, and transitioning from a traditional role to specialising in change management and business improvement. Kylie has worked for the same (growing) business throughout her whole career to date, and it was incredibly interesting to hear how varied and fulfilling it has been.Please connect with Kylie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylie-arbon-5694ba15/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

This week I'm joined by the wonderful Alexis Tate! Alexis has worked in the actuarial industry for 20 years, and is currently a GMP Operations Lead for Mercer. She is also a people leader, a mental health first aider and has taken on many different roles over her career.In this episode we discuss her journey to date, including how she first joined the actuarial profession, why she decided not to qualify having passed 14/15 exams, how she navigated her career and made strategic moves internally to gain new experience, her experience with mental health, and reaching a senior level in pensions without being a fully qualified actuary.Please connect with Alexis here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-tate-cmgr-mcmi-3a4bb419/Feel free to contact me via https://actuarialpeople.com or info@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