Experience & Qualifications

Professional experience

Independent Actuary (Since September 2021)

• Mix of freelance projects and cooperation with consultants in both Belgium and The Netherlands

PwC (November 2015 - August 2021)

• Setting up and stearing the actuarial support of the external audit mandates at insurance clients
• Maintaining client relationships and managing advisory projects in the fields of actuarial and risk: IFRS 17 projects at several clients, actuarial support for M&A engagements, advising insurers on their asset allocation...

KPMG (September 2008 - October 2015)

• Modelling expert in the fields of market risk and credit risk for both banks and insurance companies.
• Advisory and assurance engagements in the actuarial field

University of Essex (September 2007 - August 2008)

• Research and teaching in quantitative finance

Fortis Bank (March 2006 - August 2007)

• Validating credit risk models, modelling support for the ALM team, developing the capital aggregation and allocation framework.

Qualifications

• IA|BE Qualified Actuary
• Actuaris AG
• PRINCE2™ – Foundation Project Management certified (ISTYA)
• PhD in Finance - Catholic University of Leuven
• MSc Actuarial Science - Catholic University of Leuven
• MSc Mathematics - Catholic University of Leuven

Languages

• Dutch: native
• English: full professional proficiency (near native)
• French: professional proficiency
• Italian: conversational

Other

• I am married and live in Antwerp
• I lived in Rome for several years, a city I still visit regularly
• A few years ago, I took up playing golf together with my son