Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

So, Glyn, you are a Senior Director of Research at Willis Towers Watson.

And as I said in the intro, Chair of the IFOA Pensions Board.

I always struggle with IFOA because I always think I... um o f a so i always have to just call us

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Hello and welcome to the Actuary podcast produced on behalf of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, the IFOA.

I'm John Watkins, a financial journalist and as ever, your podcast host.

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Casualty, only casualty.

So I earned my credential in Turkey and I pursued also the UK, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries examinations.

But then I had to take a stop because in 2016, the whole reason why I'm in Canada, there was a little bit interesting story because I was tasked to start an insurance company on behalf of a Dutch insurer called Achmea.

So that was pretty much the first, the breakthrough into the technology world and understanding how this, the core system actually works.

So Kudzai is a Zimbabwean actuary working between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom.

She's a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and a fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.

Her career has spanned several different practice areas, having worked in healthcare, banking, management consulting, life insurance, social security, a startup, and now early stage investment.

Ishe Ventures, a company that invests in small to medium entrepreneurs and startups on the African continent.

So there's definitely some things we're going to get into based on Kudzai's background.

A couple of other interesting tidbits about Kudzai.

She is a non-executive director with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and an independent non-executive director with Leshiko Namibia, which is a digital bank and microfinance institution.

She and I share this in common.