Chair |
Ed Pudlowski (2026)
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Vice-Chair |
Pedro Pacheco (2028)
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Secretary |
Aldona Skucaite (2026) |
Treasurer |
Shereen Sayre (2028)
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Members |
Anne Hung (2026)
Carolina Castro (2028)
Barry Childs (2026)
Yoobin Choi (2028)
Mason Choy (2028)
Willem C. Claasen (2028)
Luis Maldonado (2028)
Anayelli Montagner Miranda (2028)
Lisa Morgan (2026)
Joanne Tan (2028)
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IAA Delegates |
Raquel Marimon
Guillaume Moussa
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Ed Pudlowski, Chair
Region: US
Qualifications: Associate of the Society of Actuaries, Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA), BS in Applied Mathematics (Indiana University of Pennsylvania). Ed was the 2019 President of the CCA and chairs its Healthcare Community. He also serves on the Strategic Planning Committee of the International Actuarial Association (IAA).
Experience: Ed has more than 35 years of experience developing human resource philosophies and supporting strategies to improve employer’s return on their investment in human capital. Prior to founding MorningStar Actuarial Consulting, Ed was Chief Operating Officer with American Fidelity Administrative Services, LLC, a Partner with Ernst & Young, a consultant for two large consulting firms, Mercer and Buck Consulting, and the Assistant Actuary for a large health insurance company.
Expertise: Healthcare consulting, employee benefits
Language: English
Pedro Pacheco, Vice-Chair
Region: México
Qualifications: Bachelor in Actuarial Science (Anáhuac University), MBA (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México), President of Colegio Nacional de Actuarios (México 2013-2015) and President of Asociación Mexicana de Actuarios (1996-1998)
Experience: Pedro had been a Life and Health Director in MAPFRE Tepeyac, CEO of Zurich Life México, CEO of AIG Life México, and currently the CEO and co-founder of Prevem Seguros ( A&H Company ) and member of the Board of Argos (Life Insurance), ANA (Automobile Insurance), GMX (Property and Casualty Insurance) and MAS SERVICIOS (Assistance Company), all companies of Grupo Valore Mexican Insurance Group. He is a professor of Life Insurance and Finance at the Faculty of Actuarial Science of Anáhuac University since 2003 , and was a professor at the Masters in Insurance program of ITAM from 1997 until 2007.
Languages: English, Spanish
Shereen Sayre, Treasurer
Region: USA
Qualifications: Associate Member of the Society of Actuaries, Member of the American Academy of Actuaries
Experience: Employer non-Pension Benefit Valuations & Design, Long Term Care, Disability Insurance & Health Insurance
Expertise: Current Focus on Health Systems Financing, Public Health, and Social Determinants of Health
Language: English
Aldona Skucaite, Secretary
Region: Lithuania
Qualifications: Masters in Actuarial Science (Vilnius University), PhD in Mathematics (Vilnius University), Full (qualified) member of Lithuanian Society of Actuaries (Lietuvos aktuarų draugija)
Experience: Aldona started her career as actuary in one of the largest life insurance companies in Lithuania. Her work included pricing and risk management of life and health products. Currently Aldona is mainly involved in educating of future actuaries in Vilnius University. She is also an active member of IAA Social Security Committee.
Expertise: Mortality Modeling, Pricing of Life Annuities, Education
Languages: English, Lithuanian, Russian
Carolina Castro
Region: Argentina
Qualifications: Actuary (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Master in Corporate Finance (Universidad Argentina de la Empresa), member of Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Económicas of the City of Buenos Aires (CPCECABA), and of the Province of Buenos Aires (CPCEPBA).
Experience: Consultant actuary, specialized in both health and operational risk (including IT risk). She is currently the director of RD&I at X Project S.A. and professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires, both in graduate and post graduate courses. She is pursuing a PhD in Actuarial Science at Universidad de Buenos Aires, doing research jointly at the Center of Studies in Insurance and at the Center of Research in Methodologies Applied to Management.
Expertise: Healthcare consulting, solvency and risk management in health coverages in Latin America, education,.
Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese.
Barry Childs
Region: South Africa
Qualifications: Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa. Post grad diploma in health economics
Experience: 25 years
Expertise: Healthcare
Languages: English
Yoobin Choi
Region: USA
Qualifications: Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Bachelors in Actuarial Science and Finance (Drake University)
Experience: Yoobin is a seasoned actuary with a diverse range of experience in both US and global health insurance and reinsurance markets. Her career has spanned various roles including pricing, reserving, financial analysis and strategic planning. She's currently VP Actuary of Healthcare Initiatives at Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), focusing on opportunities within the US. Prior to RGA, Yoobin had two Chief Actuary roles in Cigna's global divisions and diverse actuarial roles in various health insurance products in the US.
Expertise: US & Global private health (re)insurance
Languages: Korean, English
Tai Wa (Mason) Choy
Regions: China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia
Qualifications: Fellow of the Society of Actuaries; Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science (the University of Hong Kong)
Experience: based in Hong Kong, with over 20 years of working experience including 15 years on pricing and proposition development of medical insurance in Asia with exposure across actuarial consulting, reinsurers, and local, regional and group offices of direct insurers.
Expertise: medical proposition development and pricing, health and wellness strategy development, health operation, reinsurance
Languages: Cantonese (Native), Mandarin (Fluent), English (Fluent), Japanese (Elementary).
Willem C. Claasen
Region: Europe, Middle East and Africa
Qualifications: Bcom (Insurance Science), Fellow of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries, Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa
Experience: 22 years full time medical insurance experience. Initial experience in Southern Africa, incl. one year as Head: Marketing & Sales of a health insurer. Since 2012 in Switzerland and focusing on EMEA. Head: Medical Reinsurance EMEA for Swiss Re.
Expertise: Consulting, benefit design / product development, pricing, reserving, valuing the impact of managed care programs, risk-adjusted medical provider cost comparisons, marketing, structuring of reinsurance solutions.
Languages: English, Afrikaans, German (Basic)
Anne Hung
Region: Southeast Asia markets
Qualifications: Bachelor in Mathematics with Actuarial Science (University of Southampton), Fellow of Institute of Actuaries
Experience: Anne has 14 years experience in Healthcare. She is the Head of Health Actuarial at RGA Global Reinsurance, SEA market, based in Malaysia. Prior to that, she was working in the UK health market for 10 years, focusing on pricing, product development and portfolio management.
Expertise: Healthcare pricing, Product development, Reinsurance, Takaful model
Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese
Luis Maldonado
Region: USA, Puerto Rico
Qualifications: Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Member of American Academy of Actuaries
Experience: 10 years in BCBS health plan working on actuarial, group business, underwriting and statistical analysis and 10 years as Consulting Actuary.
Expertise: Luis has assisted clients from different spectrums of the healthcare industry. This includes work with insurance carriers, health plans, hospitals, IPAs, employer groups, brokers, and PBMs. His projects have involved calculating premiums, reviewing capitation contracts, analyzing benefit changes, and financial projections, among others. He also has a strong knowledge of Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plans.
Languages: English, Spanish
Anayelli Montagner Miranda
Region: Mexico
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science (Marist University), MBA (UDLAP Jenkins Graduate School), Marketing postgraduate degree (UDLAP Jenkins Graduate School), Certificated Actuary for Accidental and Health, certification granted by the National College of Actuaries (Mexico). Vice President of Asociación Mexicana de Actuarios (2022-2024)
Experience: Anayelli has over 20 years of experience in the insurance sector. Currently at Gallagher Re she leads and manages Life and Health accounts for Latin America and the Caribbean. In her prior role at RGA, she was the director responsible for business development and she also was the Chief Health Actuary for Mexico and the región, she gained international experience focusing on the Employer Stop Loss market (Health). Before RGA, she held key positions at AIG, Life and Health, and at HIR Compañía de Seguros, strengthening her underwriting and commercial management skills.
Expertise: Reinsurance for Life and Health line of business.
Languages: Spanish, English.
Lisa Morgan
Region: Global (based in Switzerland)
Qualifications: Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK), Postgraduate Diploma in Actuarial Management (Cass Business School, UK), BSc in Actuarial Science (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Experience: Lisa is a Technical Officer at the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility. She provides expertise on health insurance in the public and private sectors. She has two decades’ experience in actuarial and related work in Europe, Africa and Asia. Before joining the ILO, Lisa worked in Milliman’s London Health Practice and at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Actuarial Benefits and Insurance team.
Expertise: Healthcare consulting (actuarial), health financing, financial inclusion (including microinsurance) and change management
Languages: English, Afrikaans and French (intermediate)
Joanne Tan
Region: Singapore
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Experience: Joanne is responsible for developing SCOR’s Life/Health business in Southeast Asia. She has over a decade of experience working in diverse markets across Asia, including China, Taiwan, and Germany. Joanne was involved in launching key health products, including the “Million-dollar Medical” product in China.
Expertise: Medical and Critical Illness insurance, health technology innovation, regulatory trends in healthcare, public-private partnerships in healthcare systems, and medical claims analysis
Languages: English, Mandarin
Raquel Marimon, IAA Delegate
Region: Brazil
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Guillaume Moussa, IAA Delegate
Region: Germany with significant international experience in Africa and Asia
Qualifications: MS in Mathematics and Actuarial Science, Fellow of the German Actuarial Association (DAV), CERA, Co-Vice Chairperson IAA Membership Committee, Membre titulaire de l’Association pour la Promotion des Sciences Actuarielles (APSA) / Ecole Supérieure d’Actuariat (ESA) Benin
Experience: Since 1998 in the insurance market on Valuation and Enterprise Risk Management, Life, P&C and Health. Lecturer at the Bachelor study programme in Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics at the Institut Supérieur de Management (ISM-Adonaï) in Cotonou, Benin. Lecturer at the Master study programme in Actuarial Science and Financial
Mathematics at the state owned University (UAC) in Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
Spoken languages. French, German, English and Fon.