Experience

ReAssure

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Actuarial Analyst/Team Leader/Senior Analyst

  • Jun 2007 - Present

  Admin Re, a subsidiary of Swiss Re, are a large consolidator of closed life insurance business. As an actuarial analyst, I have worked on various teams as part of the student rotation system including: Valuations, Actuarial Support, BAU Change and Data Integrity. I have gained experience of statutory valuations and reporting, actuarial modelling (Prophet), model point file production, sensitivity analysis, expense/mortality/morbidity analysis, data extract production and reconciliation, third party data migrations, investigating and correcting parameterisation and calculation errors of an actuarial nature on the admin systems, data assurance and process completeness. I have also gained over 3 years' experience as a team leader and senior analyst, providing both line management and technical advice for two unrelated teams concurrently.



Multidisciplinary Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham

• Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Research Fellow

  • Mar 2006 - Apr 2007

  A 1-year pump-priming initiative sponsored by the University of Nottingham and the BBSRC. This project involved mathematical modelling of the glucoregulatory system in humans and related conditions such as diabetes mellitus and the development of obesity. Simulations were produced in Matlab and results from this research were presented at one external and 3 internal seminars. This work involved multidisciplinary collaboration with scientists from widely varying backgrounds and enabled the submission of two scientific articles and further research grant applications.



Loughborough University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postgraduate Research Student

  • 2002 - 2006

  Mathematical modelling of the spatial spread of Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) in the United Kingdom. My research focused on the mathematical modelling of ecological processes. In particular, I studied the spatial spread of Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) in the UK and some properties of a predator-prey system. This involved mathematical modelling, programming of simulations in Matlab and the planning and execution of fieldwork to parameterise and validate model output. I presented my research at many international conferences and produced 3 peer-reviewed journal papers. The work involved close collaboration with ecologists and industrial experts.

• Bought-In Teacher

  • Oct 2002 - Jul 2005

  During my PhD I assessed coursework for the Geometry, Vectors and Complex Numbers module. I also regularly took tutorials for the Maths for Engineers and Maths for Mechanical Engineers modules. Additionally, I assisted in the Maths Learning Support Centre and helped in Matlab tutorial sessions for the Maths Education Centre.