Area(s) of expertise:

• Investment Consulting - 8 years;
• Asset management (business development, strategy, risk analysis) - 4 years;
• Hedge fund and Prime Brokerage - 8 years.

Current work:

• I am responsible for consulting to hedge fund managers in both Europe and Asia on portfolio construction, risk management and hedging strategies. As a result I am at the heart of this part of the fast-growing alternative investment industry and deal with investors, managers, suppliers and academics.

Other comments:

• I have always been a generalist, and have kept my options open as I have moved well and truly into the ‘wider fields’. I have taken my broad understanding of the actuarial client base and techniques and used it to improve understanding and relationships in businesses that are not traditionally seen as ‘actuarial’. I have continually had to challenge the perception that actuaries are back-room experts in obscure mathematical analysis rather than rounded finance professionals.