Area(s) of interest:

• Investment Consulting - 8 years;
• asset management (business development, strategy, risk analysis) - 4 years;
• prime brokerage sales to hedge funds - 1 year.

Current work:

• I am responsible for sales and ongoing relationships with a number of European institutions that are managing hedge funds. 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.