Actuarial People

This week I'm delighted to be joined by Ilona Roberts! Ilona is a Pensions Actuary & Senior Manager at EY, and specialises in Pensions Risk Transfer consulting. Ilona shares her journey to date, from her first role in pensions working on the pensions review, her path to becoming a traditional pensions actuary (despite her school teacher advising her not to!), her experience of working for consultancies of different sizes, becoming an actuarial contractor, working for the Bulk Annuity Pricing team of a Life Insurer, and more recently moving from her insurance role back into pensions consulting.Ilona has a wealth of experience in the industry and there's definitely something for everyone this week :)Please connect with Ilona here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilona-roberts-aa879818/Please feel free to contact me via https://actuarialpeople.com or info@actuarialpeople.comhttps://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'm delighted to be joined by Chris Anderson!After a couple of internships in pensions consulting whilst at university, Chris began his actuarial career in life insurance with Standard Life. Today he is a Director and Head of Life Actuarial - Scotland at EY.Chris gives incredible insight into his journey to date as an Actuary. We discuss beginning his career in life insurance, his path to qualification, his experience of career progression in the insurance industry, the variety of work he has had exposure to, the value of finding good mentors, how he developed his specialism in the Bulk Annuities market, his approach to posting on LinkedIn, and his experience of being a people leader.Whether you are an aspiring actuary or have already begun your own journey, I hope you find this conversation useful!Please connect with Chris here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisanderson88/Please feel free to contact me via:https://actuarialpeople.cominfo@actuarialpeople.comhttps://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 Masimba Zata. Masimba is a Director in the Insurance Solutions business at Moody's Analytics. He is also an IFoA Council Member, a member of the Board of Trustees for the IFoA Foundation and a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary University.Masimba shares his story to date, from where he first discovered the actuarial profession, beginning his career as a pensions actuary, transitioning to insurance, moving up into senior positions, and his passion for playing an active role in the development of the profession as a whole.This is a slightly longer episode than usual as he has so many useful insights to share, there really is something for everyone here.Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy the conversation!Please connect with Masimba: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masimbazataConnect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/For more info on Actuarial People, visit : https://actuarialpeople.com or email 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 delighted to be joined by Suchi Dench. Suchi is a Consultant in the Risk Transfer and Funding & Benefits Teams at Mercer.We get to know Suchi and her 10+ year career journey to date, from when she first discovered the actuarial profession, her experience of working on US and UK pension schemes while working in India, her experience of relocating to the UK in 2020, developing her specialism in Risk Transfer consulting, and how she has reached her level of seniority without taking the actuarial exams until very recently.Please connect with Suchi here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suchidench/And you can connect with me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescturner/https://actuarialpeople.com 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

Welcome to episode three of Actuarial People, where I'm joined by Simon Harris.Simon began his career as a traditional Pensions Actuary, and is now a Associate Director in the Internal Audit Team of an international Investment Manager, where he is responsible for overseeing audits of the workplace investing business.We spend time getting to know Simon and his career journey to date, from when he first discovered that actuaries existed & his experience of working for a traditional consultancy, through to becoming an in-house Senior Pension Risk Manager, and then into the world of Internal Audit.Simon is a great example of how pensions actuaries can apply their skills and experience in a wide variety of settings, and he talks us through how he achieved this. Please connect with Simon here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-harris-36544535/You can contact me at info@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

Welcome to episode two of Actuarial People where I'm delighted to be joined by the wonderful Tasneem Rahman!Tas is a Risk Transfer Consultant with 6 years experience in the UK pensions industry. We talk about everything from when she first discovered actuaries existed, starting her career in pensions, her experience with the actuarial exams, moving from a traditional trustee consulting role to specialising in PRT, through to her experience with mental health and finding the right work/life balance.I hope you enjoy the conversation!Please connect with Tas here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasneem-rahman-1883b0136/The post I referred to at 33 mins is here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tasneem-rahman-1883b0136_a-recent-house-of-commons-article-regarding-ugcPost-7063684365175672832-VBEZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopYou can contact me at info@actuarialpeople.com or via https://actuarialpeople.com.My LinkedIn profile: 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

Welcome to the very first eposode of Actuarial People, where I am delighted to be joined by John Harney! John is a Senior Consultant in Aon's UK pensions team. We start by going right back to when he first became aware that actuaries existed, and discuss everything from his journey to securing his first job, his experience with the actuarial exams, developing a specialism, mentoring & advocacy, and the experience of moving jobs, through to his fantastic use of LinkedIn and what he's looking forward to in the future.Please connect with John here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwilliamharney/ and for anyone interested, the book he mentioned (Winning Conditions by Christine Hofbeck) can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winning-Conditions-Achieve-Professional-Managing/dp/B08KSKVPJKPlease consider subscribing/following to keep up to date with all future episodes, and any reviews would be a great help.You can contact me at info@actuarialpeople.com or via https://actuarialpeople.comYou can 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