Douglas Carey (Chairperson)
Term expires: 2024
Country: United States
Qualifications: Fellow, Society of Actuaries; Fellow, Conference of Consulting Actuaries, Member, American Academy of Actuaries, Enrolled Actuary
Experience: Doug Carey is a senior global consulting actuary whose career has spanned 5 decades working large multi-national corporations on the design, funding and administration of their retirement and other employee benefit plans. In addition to his corporate work, he has consulted with several governments on the design and funding of their national social insurance systems. Now, largely retired, he volunteers extensively for the actuarial profession through involvement on several IAA committees and sections and is a Board member of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries.
Main Areas of Expertise: Global Retirement Design, Funding and Administration; Social Security Design
Spoken Languages: English
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Cristina Leicht (Vice-Chairman)
Term expires: 2025
Country: Switzerland
Qualifications:2012- Accredited Actuary SAA (Swiss Society of Actuaries)- 2008- MSc. in Actuarial Sciences (HEC- Lausanne, University of Lausanne_ Switzerland)2004- Licentiate in Economy, Faculty of Economic Sciences, UMSS-Bolivia
Experience:10 + Years Experience in Technical Assessments and Consolidation Reporting according to International Accounting Standards, Evaluation of Pension Plan Amendments, Harmonization and Models for the maintenance of benefits in Switzerland and its impact under IFRS.
Main areas of expertise: Pensions, IFRS Reporting.
Spoken Languages: English, French, Spanish and German
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Kenneth Buffin (Section Past Chairman)
Term expires: 2026
Country: United States
Qualifications: FIA, FSA
Experience: Previous IAA leadership roles include: Chairman IACA, Chairman Supranational Relations Committee, Chairman Communications Subcommittee, Member Executive Committee
Main Areas of Expertise: Public Policy, Research, Social Security, Pensions, Investment
Spoken Languages: English
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Raffaello Marcelloni (Treasurer)
Term expires: 2027
Country: Italy
Qualification: Master’s degree (MSc) at “La Sapienza University of Rome”, Italy; Certified actuary; Fellow of the Italian Institute and Board of actuaries
Experience: Since 2004 I work as actuary in the Italian social security system where I built up my experience at the Italian worker’s compensation institute (INAIL) and extended it having had a 4 years practice at the Italian old age pension authority (INPS). My main duties are: actuarial modelling, actuarial valuations and forecasts, data processing, database management. Member of other committees and working groups at IAA and AAE. Speaker at many international events and author of papers for INAIL, INPS and AAE.
Main areas of expertise: Compensation systems, Pensions, Social Security
Spoken Languages: Italian, English.
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Jennifer Alonso Garcia (Member)
Term expires: 2026
Country: Belgique
Qualification: PhD Actuarial Science at UCLouvain (Belgium), Msc Actuarial Science at UCLouvain (Belgium), Licentiate in Mathematics at Universidad de Oviedo (Spain). IA|BE Qualified Actuary of the Belgian Institute of Actuaries
Experience: Currently (tenured) Professor of Actuarial Science at the Department of Mathematics of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She is also an Associate Investigator at CEPAR, and Netspar Fellow. Previously she was a (tenure-track) Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance (EEF) at the University of Groningen and Senior Research Associate at CEPAR.
Main areas of expertise: Social Security (design, sustainability and adequacy), retirement income, household finance
Spoken Languages: English, French, Dutch, Spanish
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John Anderson (Member)
Term expires: 2026
Country: South Africa
Qualifications: BCom (Hons), FASSA, FFA, CFA ESG Investing Certificate
Experience: Twenty-two years specialising in pensions and investment consulting. During this period I consulted to a number of large clients as valuator, employee benefits consultant, investment consultant and a portfolio manager of retirement fund’s investment arrangements. This allowed me to gain expertise in the core areas of managing a retirement fund to provide sustainable benefits to members and pensioners. In 2012 I started the research and product development areas within Alexforbes and today I am responsible for the houseviews, data analytics, product development and management across the group.
Past board member of the Council of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.
In 2016, I co-authored a paper titled “The retirement income frontier and its application in constructing investment strategies at retirement”. This paper received the prize for the best paper by first-time authors and the best overall paper presented at the 2016 Actuarial Convention as well as a special award by the German Institute of Pension Actuaries (IVS) at the International Congress of Actuaries 2018. This research has contributed towards innovation in the retirement industry, with advisers and providers increasingly using combinations of annuity types following the release of the paper.
Main areas of expertise: Pensions and investment consulting. Data analytics and retirement fund product development
Spoken Languages: English and Afrikaans |
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Craig Chu (Member)
Term expires: 2026
Country: United States
Qualification: B.Sc. (California Institute of Technology), Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Enrolled Actuary
Experience: Twenty years of experience in pension work, beginning 2004 in private pension audit and compliance at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Joined Winklevoss Technologies in 2009 to work on ProVal, the flagship pension valuation software for U.S. pension actuaries, and worked on development for British and German pension schemes and promises. Working since 2017 at the New York City Office of the Actuary on New York City Retirement Systems and Pension Schemes.
Main areas of expertise: Pension Valuation; Public Pension Schemes
Spoken Languages: English
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Peter Devlin (Member)
Term expires: 2024
Country: Germany
Qualification: BSc(Hons) City University; MA School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London; Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries
Experience: Investment & Pensions actuary in the UK before moving to Germany in 2002 where I joined Mercer international advisory team. Joined Deloitte Consulting in Germany in 2006 and am Partner in charge of Benefits & Compensation issues. Main areas of focus are: M&A advisory for pensions and HR; HR Post-merger integration; Pension valuations, restructuring and outsourcing; Compensation design, Job Architecture and implementation of advanced compensation software systems. Past Chairperson of IEBA (and German branch) and currently vice chairperson. Written numerous articles on various Total Reward areas.
Main areas of expertise Pensions, Compensation, M&A, PMI
Spoken Languages: English, German
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Paulo Gouvea Da Gama (Member)
Term expires: 2024
Country: Brazil
Qualifications: Actuary formed by the economics faculty and finances of Rio de Janeiro, specializing in corporate finance and technology to businesses and member of Brazilian Institute of Actuaries;
Experience: More than 30 years of professional experience focusing on the implementation and management of pension fund benefit plans, volunteer professor in the actuarial science course at the University of Minas Gerais and in the postgraduate courses in actuarial methods at ITCP, Unileya and IEPREV;
Main areas of expertise: Pensions, Social Security, and Corporate Finance;
Spoken Languages: Portuguese and English;
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Kenji Kusakabe (Member)
Term expires: 2027
Country: Japan
Qualifications: MSc from Osaka University. Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Japan, Certified Pension Actuary and fully qualified member of the Japanese Society of Certified Pension Actuaries, Chartered Member of the Securities Analyst Association of Japan (CMA).
Experience: Over 15 years of experience in corporate pensions. Currently, involved in consulting for corporate pension plans and retirement benefit plans. In addition, actively contribute to the activities of IAJ and JSCPA as a member of various committees and research groups.
Main areas of expertise: Pensions and Retirement Benefits
Spoken Languages: Japanese, English
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George S. Ongkeko, Jr. (Member)
Term expires: 2027
Country: Philippines
Qualification: MSc Applied Mathematics from the University of the Philippines - Diliman, Fellow of the Actuarial Society of the Philippines (FASP), Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and CFA charterholder
Experience: More than two decades of experience spanning academe, life and health insurance, general insurance, social security and pension as well as insurance regulation. I am currently working as the actuary at the Government Service Insurance System, the institution charged with pensions of government employees. Prior government stints include Deputy Commissioner at the Philippine Insurance Commission and actuary at the Social Security System.
Main Areas of expertise: Social security, pensions and regulation
Spoken Languages: Filipino and English
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Allan Paldanius (Member)
Term expires: 2024
Country: Finland
Qualification: M.Sc. (Mathematics)
Experience: So far over 29 years in various actuarial roles in pensions, now as the
head of the Long term financial planning unit at Keva and in that role I’m also
responsible for the actuarial and statistical affairs. I’m currently an expert
member in several industry-wide and ministerial working groups. I’m also a
member of the board of directors of the Finnish Centre for Pensions and
European Association of Public Sector Pension Institutions.
Main Areas of expertise: Pensions
Spoken Languages: Finnish, English
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George Russell (Member)
Term expires: 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Qualifications: MSc Applied Mathematics from the University of the Philippines - Diliman, Fellow of the Actuarial Society of the Philippines (FASP), Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and CFA charterholder.
Experience: More than two decades of experience spanning academe, life and health insurance, general insurance, social security and pension as well as insurance regulation. I am currently working as the actuary at the Government Service Insurance System, the institution charged with pensions of government employees. Prior government stints include Deputy Commissioner at the Philippine Insurance Commission and actuary at the Social Security System.
Main areas of expertise: Social Security,pensions and regulation
Spoken Languages: English and Filipino
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Brnic Van Wyk (Member)
Term expires: 2022
Country: Australia
Qualification:
FIAA, FIA, CIMA®
Experience:
More than 25 years’ global financial services experience spanning
retirement benefit consulting, pensions management and investments. Serves on a
number of international advisory boards and has presented at numerous
international conferences and events.
Main
areas of expertise: Pension
fund design and investment management
Spoken
Languages: English, Afrikaans
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Christopher Daykin (Honorary Chair)
Term expires: 2099
Country: United Kingdom
Qualifications: Master of Arts (Cambridge University); Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries; Fellow of the Society of Actuaries
Experience: Actuarial consultant at the Government Actuary's Department for 37 years. Government Actuary of the UK from 1989 to 2007. Currently a pension fund trustee and expert witness. President, Institute of Actuaries 1994-96; President, International Forum of Actuarial Associations, 1996-97; Chairman, Groupe Consultatif Actuariel Européen, 2010-11; Chairman, PBSS Section, 2004-2012. Chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee of the Actuarial Association of Europe, 2012-2018.
Main Areas of expertise: Pensions; Social Security; Expert witness in personal injury claims
Spoken Languages: English, French
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