Actuarial Event
| 14.00 — 14.15 |
Welcome and Introduction |
| 14.15 — 15.00 | Keynote Talk: Stuart R. McDonald MBE Chartered Actuary | LCP Partner | CMI Deputy Chair | Longevity and Demographic Insights |
| 15:05 —15:30 |
Breakout Session 1: Learn about the training track early-career actuaries go through. |
| 15:35—16:00 |
Expert Talk 1: Amy Zhang Actuary & Manager PwC Reading |
| 16:05—16:30 |
Breakout Session 2: Tips and advice from early-career actuaries on how to make a successful application. |
| 16:35—17:00 |
Expert Talk 2: Gulfraz Ahmed Review Actuary, Phoenix Group |
| 17:00—18:00 |
Networking and refreshments |
When & Where
Week 4, Wednesday 29th October at Oculus
Breakout Sessions with early-career actuaries
- Tim Robinson (MMORSE '24) — Actuarial Analyst at Aon
- Rosie Burgess (MMORSE '24) — Actuarial Analyst at Aon
- Neel Shah (MMORSE '24) — Actuarial Analyst in P&C Consulting, STG, Aon
- Nayan Mistry (MORSE '22) — Actuarial Analyst at Aon
- Megan Harper (MORSE '23) — Senior Investment Analyst at Barnett Waddingham
- Ben Doran (MMaths '19) — Qualified actuary in 2024, First Actuarial
Keynote
Stuart R. McDonald MBE
(BSc Mathematics & Statistics, 1998) is Head of Longevity and Demographic Insights and a Partner at LCP. Stuart helps clients understand and manage the impact of mortality trends, leveraging insights from LCP’s Health Analytics practice. He advises some of the UK's largest pension schemes and well as leading insurers and reinsurers. Prior to joining LCP, he held a variety of commercial and technical actuarial roles with insurers and global reinsurers.
He is Deputy Chair of the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) and founded and co-chaired the influential Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group. Stuart was awarded an MBE for services to Public Health in the 2022 New Year Honours for his work during the pandemic.
Expert Talks
Amy Zhang
(MMORSE, 2019) is a Pensions Actuary Manager at PwC. Amy joined PwC’s actuarial pensions team as an intern in 2018 and returned as a graduate in 2019 after completing her MMORSE degree. Since then, she has worked on a wide range of projects in relation to Defined Benefit pension schemes, from liability valuations, financial reporting to advising companies on long-term strategies and preparing pension schemes for insurance transactions.
Amy became exam qualified in 2022, and what she has enjoyed most since then is combining technical actuarial work with consulting - helping clients navigate the evolving pensions landscape, solving problems and translating complex ideas into something clear and actionable. Amy is also passionate about upskilling, training and wellbeing. She has led PwC’s graduate training programme and now supports student actuaries as part of her people management role.
Gulfraz Ahmed
(Maths, 2017) is a Review Actuary at Phoenix Group (more to follow).