Episode 75: Next Gen Actuaries with Daniel Bartlett
“Get involved in study groups - they really helped in terms of learning and bouncing ideas off each other, as well as being accountable.
Start the assignments early and write your own notes in respect of the chapters that you learn each week. I felt that writing those out in my own words really helped me prepare.”
Daniel Bartlett, Actuary
New Fellow Daniel Bartlett shares his path from high school teacher to qualified actuary and his career highlights to date.
In this interview Daniel shares:
His pathway from high school teacher to actuary,
Some highlights from his actuarial career to date, and
His advice for actuaries pursuing Fellowship.
Daniel is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries Australia, working as a consultant at McGing Advisory & Actuarial. Working across broad financial services Daniel has experience working across traditional actuarial fields such as superannuation and wealth management, life insurance and friendly societies, while also having done a fair share of work in non-traditional actuarial fields. Daniel manages both quantitative technical projects such as modelling, valuations, remediations and unit pricing; while also managing qualitative projects including risk management and compliance reviews, systems and process reviews and migrations, product design advice, governance and board advisory services.
Previously, Daniel worked in insurance underwriting and claims management roles, and worked as a high school mathematics and history teacher. Outside of work, Daniel enjoys being active physically and socially, he enjoys playing sports and musical instruments as well as the occasional video game.
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