Bio

Regional Chief Analytics Officer, experienced in building and leading regional advanced analytics / AI teams in large multinational reinsurers, with actuarial, healthcare, insurance domain, leadership skills, extensive cross-border stakeholder management, covering the Life & Health Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa business of Munich Re. Responsible for creating value to insurers via new digital products and services across the value chain through advanced analytics / AI, data and emerging cloud MLOps analytics technologies while ensuring technical excellence and professionalism. Chairperson of the Demography and Epidemiology committee of the Actuarial Society of South Africa that maintains HIV demographic models for the profession. Specialist skills include pricing insurance, understanding of mortality, disease and demographic modelling, data and predictive analytics (statistical learning techniques and software), analysis of medical scheme cohort data, scenario modelling, modelling the cost-benefit of healthcare interventions, etc.