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Moves Martin Clarke has been chosen by the Treasury as the next government actuary. Clarke, a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, will take up the post later this year and serve for five years. He succeeds Trevor Llanwarne, who has been in the role since 2008. Clarke is currently executive director of financial risk at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), a post he has held since 2006. As an executive member of
the Board, he has led the investment, actuarial, risk and recoveries teams of PPF. Prior to working at the PPF, Clarke was at the Co-operative Financial Services for 28 years in a variety of senior positions in their life and insurance business. JLT Employee Benefits has appointed John Breedon (below) as head of investment consulting, a role he has fulfilled in an acting capacity since January. Breedon
was previously head of corporate consulting. Hymans Robertson has appointed John Taylor (right) as head of delivery for its Guided Outcomes (GO) proposition. Taylor joins the firm from NEST, where he was managing director of customer and proposition. He previously held marketing director roles with Lloyds Banking Group and Standard Life. He will be responsible for leading the delivery of GO’s technology platform and
the ongoing operation of the proposition. Pitmans Trustees announced the appointment of Colin Richardson (middle) as client director. Richardson has 25 years of pensions and consultancy experience. He joins from Buck
JOSEPH MUDENGE Employer and area of work Rwanda Social Security Board – planning, research and risk management.
How would your best friend describe you?
Favourite Excel function? VLookup – our paths
What motivates you? The fact that there is
How do you relax away from the office?
always room at the top.
Slacklining, table tennis and watching soccer – Arsenal in particular.
abit? What’s your most ‘actuarial’ habit? Quantifying everything and spending far too long at the office – due to the exams.
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If you could learn one random skill, what would it be? Wind surfing.
Adventurous.
Name five dream companions to be stuck on a desert island with? Russell Peters (a Canadian comedian) – just for laughs; baller) – for Thierry Henry (French footballer) onversation; a bit of soccer and French conversation; on in Nelson Mandela – for a lesson andan humility; Paul Kagame (Rwandan nd president) – for his vision and discipline; and Will Smith – just because he is Will.
Towers Watson has appointed Jo Kite (above, right) as the
head of its pensions and benefits practice in Scotland, based in Edinburgh. Kite, a qualified actuary, has 20 years’ experience in the pensions and insurance industry at Aviva, Delta Lloyd and Standard Life, where she was director of its workplace proposition.
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crossed a few years ago and no Excel function has been as exciting since.
What is your personal motto? Do it now.
Consultants, where he was senior corporate actuary. Prior to this, Richardson was divisional director at JLT and has held positions at KPMG, Barnett Waddingham and Watson Wyatt.
If you could go back in history, who would you like to meet? Jesus – that would help answer a lot of questions and clear confusion for me.
What’s your most treasured possession?
Alternative career choice? Nursery school lo children. teacher because I love
Tell us something unusual about y you rself When I was seven a classyourself mate accidental accidentally pierced my left pupil with a p pencil. It healed without tr treatment and I can clearl now. see clearly
Greates Greatest risk you have ever taken? Rock climbing at the E Eiger (Switzerland) – the ‘what if’ thought still bothers me.
My Rubik’s cube – it always feels good when am asked “How did you do that?”.
What are the top three things you would like to achieve in your lifetime? Be a successful qualified actuary; have a house on a beach; and watch my baby son grow into a successful young man with good character.
If you ruled the world, what would you change first? First, I would introduce and enforce one official language; everything else would then be a little easier.
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