actuarial careers

​Well here we are coming out the other end of over 12 weeks of working from home (WFH).As a significant portion of my role involves people - meeting with people, interviewing people, relating to and advising people, I’ve found the change from face-to-face meetings the most dramatic difference.Yes, I’m on the phone a lot anyway but the balance is now changed when adding in th...

In November 2003, the International Actuarial Association (IAA) created a special program called Actuaries Without Borders (AWB) with a mission to provide temporary actuarial services and actuarial education for geographical areas that clearly lack the resources and infrastructure needed to build their own actuarial industry.The AWB is consisted of volunteers that assist in ...

After 8 months travelling around Europe, I found myself in London looking for work. Jobs in recruitment were advertised everywhere.  I thought my psychology studies would be beneficial and contribute productively in this type of role. Some months later when I gave recruiting actuaries a shot, I realised that I’d found a niche sector in which I could find an abundance of “psy...

So when I googled images for Director this is what came up! But your view of Board directors is probably more like a senior white male in a suit who works in a room like this. My experience as a director has been for a small business, the Actuaries Institute and a superannuation trustee company. I’m pleased to say that in reality the composition of boards of di...