Queenie is the President of YAAB. She likes to call herself an “actuary without borders” – a passionate actuary working in global development and inclusive insurance. Inspired to make insurance accessible to all, Queenie works with the MicroInsurance Centre at Milliman as a Microinsurance Specialist and has worked across countries like Kenya, Togo, China and Philippines etc. Queenie was recently given the “40 under 40: most influential Asian-Australian Awards”.

Jeffrey Chan (FIAA) is the President of the Asia YAP. He is a Senior Data Scientist in BCG GAMMA with more than 10 years of consulting experience in data commercialization, customer analytics, applied machine learning and personalization. Outside of work, he is a professional wedding host and have hosted more than 50 weddings.

Harrison is an actuarial analyst at The Heron Partnership, a boutique actuarial and superannuation consulting firm based in Melbourne.  Prior to this, Harrison worked as an Institutional Wealth Analyst at Mercer. 

Harrison is the current President of the Young Actuaries Program Victoria and was previously involved with the Monash Actuarial Students Society while completing a Science and Commerce double degree at Monash University.

Timothy Lam
President, Young Actuaries Program NSW

Timothy Lam is currently a Data Analytics Actuary, Life Insurance at Gen Re. Prior to this he spent 4.5 years at KPMG as an Actuarial Manager and worked on a variety of tasks ranging from traditional life insurance to non-traditional systemic risk management engagements. At the Actuaries Institute, he currently leads the Young Actuaries Program in NSW, is a member of the inaugural Young Actuaries Advisory Board and the Horizon Scan 2035 Task Force.

Jasmine is currently the Convenor of the Young Actuaries Program, a member of the Queensland Actuarial Community Organising Committee and the Student Committee. Heavily involved with societies, Jasmine has a passion to help others and is constantly finding opportunities to satiate her curiosity. Jasmine has recently started her actuarial career joining Suncorp as an Actuarial Analyst in Compulsory Third Party Insurance.

Michelle Ng

Michelle has 8 years of experience in the general insurance industry and is currently the Analytics Team Leader at Marsh Advisory. She started volunteering with the Institute as part of the Actuaries Digital Editorial Committee back when there was a not-so-glossy future for the magazine during the switch from print to digital. She has also led the Sydney Young Actuaries Program organising many events geared towards soft skill development. She has a passion for growth and leadership and with YAAB would like to drive programs that ensures younger Actuaries are supported during stages of their career.

Mark 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.

Garvin expresses a contemporary take on the traditional commercial and technical skills obtained through his training as an actuary. Passionate about all things data and super, Garvin places Members’ Outcome on the forefront of his calling through his work at the startup Laneway Analytics.

Joyce Wang is a Pricing Actuary at AIA Australia and has spent the past 7 years working in the Life Insurance industry with roles in reporting, risk management, group and retail insurance pricing. Joyce has lead the Young Actuaries Program in Victoria in 2019 and 2020. More recently, Joyce was part of the Young Actuaries Advisory Board (YAAB) taskforce and assisted in successfully establishing the YAAB in 2021. Joyce is passionate about volunteering at the Actuaries Institute and would like to continue to listen and advocate for young members’ engagement in the Institute, in her capacity as a YAAB member.

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.”