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Chetan Ghosh reflects on the path he took from university graduate to CIO, and the important lessons he learnt along the way

Joseph L Chikonde shares how a chance meeting introduced him to the actuarial profession, and how the skills he has gained complement his work as a valuation surveyor

Michael Sher discusses how pension fund trustees could demonstrate to stakeholders that they are acting on climate risk

Actuarial training is all about the long-term – Bradley Shearer and Helena Ingram explore how we can think about our careers in the same way

Catrin Townsend considers some effective ways to answer this often-dreaded question

Stefania Varnava and Yiannis Parizas examine the benefits of using agile methodology within the insurance industry

Massimo Cavadini, Davide Burlon and Gili Smadja discuss how automated machine learning is changing the role of the pricing actuary

Prachi Patkee and Adam Strange discuss what the rising threat of climate-driven communicable disease means for insurers

Life and health insurers need to consider how cyber risk could potentially impact them, say Visesh Gosrani, Mikhail Norshteyn and Karl Oliver

Nick Spencer, Hitesh Shah and Mukami Njeru reflect on the IFoA’s decision-making culture