Mark is the Chair for the Young Actuaries Advisory Board and is a consulting actuary at Mercer who joined in 2018 following his move from Scotland to Australia in 2016. He advises trustees and sponsoring employers on their defined benefit and accumulation superannuation plans and provide strategic advice relating to member outcomes requirements. He graduated from Heriot Watt University in Scotland and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in Australia and the UK. Outside of work I am keen runner and hope to run a marathon on every continent of the world. 

Lucy is a Director in the valuation team at Pacific Life Re with extensive experience in the Life and Wealth Management industry through her current role and prior consulting roles. She is passionate about building high performing teams and people development, and with YAAB she hopes to help drive better support for young actuaries moving through their career. 

Andrew is a Senior Actuarial Advisor at Suncorp, leading the development of cutting-edge pricing solutions for home and motor insurance. He is passionate about ensuring that insurance products and premiums best meet the needs of customers and stakeholders in evolving environments. As the Chair of YAP NSW, he is eager to help young actuaries flourish in their careers.

Gurpreet is an Actuary consulting insurance and government clients in PwC's Actuarial & Analytics team, with prior experience across pricing and reserving in the general insurance industry. As the President of YAP VIC, he's excited to help guide younger actuaries in making informed career decisions..

Tim is a Director at Taylor Fry, and has worked in the general insurance industry since 2012. He has extensive experience providing reserving, M&A, pricing and capital management services to general insurers. He also specialises in providing actuarial advice to corporate workers’ compensation self-insurers across all Australian jurisdictions. Tim is also part of the Workers’ Compensation COVID-19 Working Group and the Interest Rate Working Group.”

Sophia Songberg

Sophia is a Senior Associate at PwC Sydney. She is a new Fellow of the Actuaries Institute and works in health analytics and workers compensation. She was part of the UNSW Actuarial Co-op Program. Outside of work, Sophia enjoys dancing, especially ballet.

Aidan Nguyen is an actuary working in policy who is passionate about aligning and improving the financial wellbeing for all. He currently works on superannuation topics at the Financial Services Council to advocate for better superannuation policy and the use of effective regulation. He joined the Financial Services Council from EY where he spent four years as a consultant to the Life Insurance and Wealth Management industries.

Ryan is a Senior Consultant at Quantium, specialising in pricing and data analytics consulting for personal and commercial lines insurers. As the Chair of YAP Queensland, Ryan’s focus is to connect young actuaries with the actuarial profession to support their career development through networking, mentoring and learning. Ryan is passionate about improving the experience for young members, previously volunteering on the working group in 2020 to establish the first YAAB. He is a Fellow of the Actuaries Institute and sits on the Queensland Actuarial Community Organising Committee.