Describe your career to date
I have had a wonderful career in data and analytics so far. I have been very fortunate to work with many firms across the world to help them draw insights from data and make important decisions. In doing so, I have connected with a strong community of people who have been amazing to work with. I started my career with the Commonwealth Bank, Australia’s largest retail bank. My very first project was around helping the bank develop a single customer view to enable more impactful cross-selling of their products. That experience ingrained in me early on the importance of managing data resources and creating analytic insight to deliver value. I was fascinated by modelling uncertain outcomes and using data to tell a story. I went on to study actuarial science and qualified as an actuary in 2000. In the same year, I joined PwC in the Sydney office and worked on a variety of client assignments across Asia and Australia. I became a specialist in developing probabilistic models, helping banks and insurers assess their capital requirements and stress test their balance sheets. My love of Aston Villa and the British humour meant that my initial two-year secondment in 2003 to London became a permanent move. I progressed to become a partner in PwC in 2010. In that capacity, I have led on many interesting data and analytics programmes that PwC have delivered for our clients across the Financial Services sector. Since 2020, I have led the Risk Modelling Services (RMS) business unit which provides actuarial and risk modelling services. I was appointed the firmwide Data and Analytics leader in July 2023 where I am focused on driving the significant capability that PwC has in this space to help our clients unlock the value of data in their organisations. We have over 40 partners and 1,300 data and analytics practitioners in PwC in the UK.