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Moves Zoe O’Donnell (below left). She previously worked as an actuary for various pension consultancies, including Aon Hewitt and Thomson Dickson Consulting. Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has appointed director Marian Elliott (above) as head of its trustee advisory service. Based at the firm’s London office, she takes on a role to further develop its trustee advisory practice.
consultancy experience in the pensions market, and will lead and expand Deloitte’s pensions and reward business in London. Grant Thornton has announced the appointment of
Barnett Waddingham has appointed Lucy Blanchard (right) as a senior client account manager within its workplace wealth team. She has more than 10 years’ experience in the pensions industry, having previously worked as both a defined contribution
Deloitte has also appointed Will Aitken as leader of its national DC and employee benefits business. Aitken joins with more than 20 years’
a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
consultant and actuarial analyst at Mercer. Endurance Specialty Holdings has announced that Christopher Gallagher (above right) will assume the position of chief risk officer and group actuary. He joins from AXIS Capital,
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TOM ASHMORE How do you relax away from the office?
Mazars, general insurance consulting.
The odd game of squash when I can find the time, a few beers with some mates and any other way I can avoid studying!
Let’s just say that you wouldn’t be able to print it.
What motivates you?
What is the funniest thing that has happened to you recently?
Self-betterment… and beer.
Hearing about a friend’s swimming trunks malfunction at the start of a backstroke race…
What would be your personal motto?
Alternative career choice?
It’s not the things you do in life you regret…
Underwear model? Perhaps not, something nerdy I’m sure!
Name five dream companions to be stuck on a desert island with? Taylor Swift, Emma Watson, my best mate, a bartender and a slow-working shipwright.
What’s your most ‘actuarial’ habit? Overthinking everything.
Favourite Excel function? Offset and Match do make a beautiful combination.
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where he has served as chief risk officer for the AXIS Insurance segment since 2007. Prior to that, Gallagher was a senior manager with Ernst & Young from 2001, where he was a leader in their insurance and actuarial advisory practice based in London. He is
Aon Benfield has appointed Colin Dutkiewicz as director of the firm’s accident, health and life team. In his new role, Dutkiewicz will be based in London. He joins Aon from Swiss Re, where he spent five years in the roles of head of pricing (Africa), client markets director (UK & Ireland), and, most recently global corporate actuary.
What song best describes your work ethic? Ripple in the Water – Pat Monahan
Greatest risk you have ever taken? My friend and I proving
our aim by taking it in turns to stand in front of a dartboard. I still don’t know why we did that.
If you could go back in history, who would you like to meet? My Grandad. I hear we’d have got on very well.
If there was a movie produced about your life, who would play you, and why? It would have to be Martin Clunes – no one else has big enough ears.
If you could be anyone else, who would it be? Anyone else will do… although Tom Brady (New England Patriots) wouldn’t be bad.
Do you know an actuary destined for greatness? You can nominate an Actuary of the Future by emailing
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