Christopher is currently working a fixed term contract at Aviva managing a small team of 2 actuarial students mainly producing illustrations and trustee disclosures.
His background centres around systems calculations, decision making and communication.
Some of his key attributes include:
- managerial experience, leading teams of analysts
- strong product knowledge and commercial awareness
- highly efficient, organised and continually improving workflow
- highly effective, persuasive communicator
Christopher’s personal interests include:
- [public speakin]g(job-search-curriculum-vitae-all-points-in-cv-public-speaking) : assisting at a local club developing communication skills
- linux: exploring innovative ways to utilise computers more effectively
- bayesian statistics: writing a paper for presentation later this year
Kings College London: BSc. Mathematics \& Management
Institute \& Faculty of Actuaries: Chartered Actuary
2025 – & Aviva & Customer Platforms \ 2017 - 2025 & Phoenix & Capital Management \ & & Part VII Transfer \ 2014 – 2017 & Aviva & Product Governance \ & & \ 2010 – 2012 & ReAssure & Product Governance \ & & Product Migration \ & & \ 2006 - 2008 & Reliance Mutual & Valuation / Reporting \ & & \
& & Product Systems \
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MoNet
MATLAB \
- Python
- R \
- SQL \
- VBA\
- Powershell \
m} & Git; Nix; Bash; \ & LaTeX; Markdown\ & HTML/CSS/JavaScript \
- Artificial Intelligence \
- Bayesian Statistics\
- Calculation Design \& Specification \
- Capital Modelling \
- Coding\
- Consumer Outcomes\
- Data Analysis\
- EUCs\
- IFRS 17 \
- Financial Reporting\
- Presentations\
- Report Writing\
- Risk Management\
- Solvency UK \
- With-Profits Management \
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Bayesian P.C.A. of Interest Rates \
- analysis of CV/AS ratios, smoothing cost , TB cushion , shareholder transfers
- maintenance of asset shares, asset share reconstructions
- methodology review for whole of life asset shares
- with-profits surrender value basis review
- production of bonus recommendation report
Responsible for maintaining internal model calibrations and developing regulatory capital methodology:
- principal component analysis / time series \& statistical analysis / distribution fitting
- capital impact assessments / expert judgement reviews / benchmarking comparisons
- deep dive methodology review of interest rate risk
- annual calibration reviews of market and credit risks
- quarterly private debt calibration: infrastructure; commercial mortgages; social housing
- standard formula appropriateness assessments
- writing internal model methodology documentation and maintaining associated governance logs
- key stakeholder meetings, decision papers and line 2 engagement
- presentation / discussion / production of summary papers for governance committees
Product lead responsible for specification and implementation of product calculations:
- working with ceding client to develop product calculation specifications
- writing product system calculations for destination administration system
- analysing source system data and specifying data migration requirements
- rationalisation of product calculations
- strategising and executing testing procedures for product calculations
- identifying product governance issues, reporting into the Part VII transfer process and decision making on resolution strategy
- identifying system limitations, writing requirements, and specifying processes for product calculations to be administered manually
- effecting decision and communicating results to senior management through written reports and presentations
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Managed small team of actuarial students rectifying product governance issues on a life and pensions book:
[topsep=5pt, leftmargin=*, font=] investigating and scoping the necessary remediation exercise development of product model to scope, size, and implement rectification development of remediation processes and policyholder communications reporting to senior directors and providing significant input in the decision-making process meetings with senior management and the originator of L\&P book to explore value of the warranty the book was sold with providing actuarial sign-off of rectification calculations