United Kingdom
Senior pricing & underwriting leader specialising in change, innovation and thought leadership. Chartered Insurance Practitioner. Particular experience in developing pricing approaches for new propositions with a particular focus on data architecture and speed to market. Agile leader with over ten years’ experience in delivering agile projects, mainly as a technical product owner but also as an agile coach. Certified Scrum Master. Expertise in executive level coaching including envisioning & product planning, developing a prioritised backlog and how to create high performing teams. Qualified in process re-engineering (EFQM) and experienced in programme management.
Carried out agile maturity assessment and provided client with recommendations for an agile transformation. Helped initiate the delivery phase of transformation.
Obtained funding for a new development for risk selection, which took 1Tb of market data and applied machine learning to inform the “quote / no quote” decision for Hull business. Worked with architects to agree the new infrastructure. Put in place the delivery team. Drove the delivery of the system, exploiting the agile capabilities developed in my previous role.
Lead the development of a new web-based quotation system for the pricing of complex commercial classes. Included bringing in new data sources and implementing enhanced pricing techniques. Introduced agile practices into the organisation. Matured to scaled agile, regular release schedule and test driven development.
Managed a team of actuaries in the delivery of technical pricing models. This included using new data sources and changing the factors considered to price risk.