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Statistics Insights Seminar Series

Distinguished practitioners from all stages of their careers will discuss contemporary issues and trends, sharing their insights into the statistics and actuarial landscapes. These seminars will take place on Wednesday evenings from 5pm - 7pm in CLM 2.02 in weeks 3, 4 and 5 of Winter Term 2025. All are welcome to attend!

Winter Term 2025  

Wednesday 5 February 2025, 5-7pm - Lloyd Richards (Institute and Faculty of Actuaries)

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Title: Actuaries and statisticians in sustainability: understanding, modelling, and reporting.

Biography: Lloyd is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, a Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary and a Chartered Statistician. He is a Managing Director and Head of Actuarial at consulting firm Crowe where he works with insurance, banking and asset management clients helping them to understand climate and sustainability risks and opportunities. As well as his consulting role, Lloyd is a Teaching Fellow at QMUL’s School of Mathematical Sciences.   

Wednesday 12 February 2025, 5-7pm - Representatives from the WCA and Chair of an IFoA Practice Board

Title: The Worshipful Company of Actuaries (WCA) and Insights about being an actuary and career prospects from the Chair of an IFoA Practice Board.

There is also a prize-giving ceremony to one/two current final-year actuarial science students with outstanding performance in their first and second years.

 

 

Wednesday 19 February 2025, 5-7pm - Adam French 

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Title: From Data to Decisions: Navigating Entrepreneurship, Investment, and Opportunity in a Data-Driven World.

Biography: Adam is a Partner at Antler, co-leading the UK fund. He is a Founding Partner and Chair of Houghton Street Ventures, a pre-seed and seed fund investing in alumni of the London School of Economics and a Non-Executive Director at Innovate Finance, the UK industry body for fintech. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of Scalable Capital, a fintech unicorn valued at $1.4 billion, backed by BlackRock, Tencent, and Hedosophia, as he recognized the opportunity to build a business to make investing more accessible, more convenient and more cost-effective by using technology. Earlier in his career, Adam served as an Executive Director of Trading at Goldman Sachs. Adam graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2007 with a BSc in Business, Mathematics and Statistics.