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Actuary of the future: Namrata Bagree

Open-access content Wednesday 3rd February 2016 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

People moves - Nov/Dec 2015

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Employer and area of work

Prudential, Solvency II.

How would your best friend describe you?

Short, rational, hungry, adventurous, spontaneous and geeky.

What motivates you? 

Primarily food, but anything that requires a little bit of challenge, or a whole lot of imagination.

What would be your personal motto? 

Everything happens for a good reason.

Name five dream companions to be stuck on a desert island with?

George Clooney, Jackie Chan, Akshay Kumar, Ellen DeGeneres and the man from Man vs Wild, Bear Grylls.

What's your most 'actuarial' habit? 

Formatting my life.

Favourite Excel function?

BDH (the Bloomberg add-in functions are really handy).

How do you relax away from the office?

Taekwondo, baking, food festivals and walking around the streets of London. 

What is the funniest thing that has happened to you recently?

I am a bit tiny and keep getting asked for ID everywhere I go. The most embarrassing moment was in Disneyland, during the parade. I was sitting next to a kid with a DSLR camera like mine and a silent paparazzi war started between us. The Alice in wonderland float stopped in front of me and the characters started picking up children from the crowd, putting little card costumes on them and forcing them to dance. They picked up my nemesis and I felt so smug laughing at his little face. Sadly, the joke was on me because I got dragged in as well. There I was, surrounded by nine year olds, dancing with teapots.

Alternative career choice?

Pastry chef.

What song best describes your work ethic?

Warriors by Imagine Dragons.

Greatest risk you have ever taken?

Jumping out of a plane.

If you could go back in history, who would you like to meet? 

Mother Teresa.

If there was a movie produced about your life, who would play you, and why?

Anna Kendrick because she is short, witty and can actually sing.

If you could be anyone else, who would it be?

Nikita Gandhi - the 21 year old who won the vegetarian season of MasterChef.


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