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We welcome you to join us in our next workshop on ‘Public Speaking and Influencing People’.

Joining with our friends at Eastern Blossom (https://www.easternblossoms.org/), we have invited Simon Alexander Ong to run this workshop. Simon will share his insights, lessons and wisdom with all who are committed to upgrading their life and business to that next level.

Time: Monday, 15 April 2019, 6:30pm

Location: Redington, Floor 6, 1 Angel Ct, London EC2R 7HJ

Cost: GBP 6 (excluding Evetbrite fee)

Workshop Schedule: 5 mins introduction; 40 mins talk; 15 mins Q&A; 45mins networking.

Registration Link:

https://public-speaking-and-influencing-people-workshop.eventbrite.co.uk

Bio

Everything that Simon Alexander Ong does is built around inspiring people to see their world differently and igniting their imagination of what is truly possible so that they can live meaningful, purposeful and extraordinary lives.

From a young age, Simon has always been curious about learning and exploring the areas of personal fulfilment, human potential and organisational success. This curiosity was accelerated following his departure from the financial industry, in which he began his career in following graduation from the London School of Economics. Studying the mindset and habits of successful leaders and organisations, Simon enjoys distilling his insights into lessons that can be easily understood and codifying the key principles that have had the biggest impact.

He shares his insights, lessons and wisdom with all who are committed to upgrading their life and business to that next level. He speaks at international events, conferences and corporate events that have included those organised by Google, O2 Business, London School Of Economics, Barclays UK, The Institute Of Directors, Virgin, Salesforce, 10 Downing Street, Natwest, Enterprise Nation and Microsoft.

As a life coach and business strategist, Simon also helps leaders, entrepreneurs, organisations and celebrities to transcend perceived limitations and experience extraordinary transformations through the power of insight, perspective and energy management.

Simon’s views, from his work as a coach and speaker, has seen him featured in a wide range of publications that include the likes of The Financial Times, Women’s Health, HuffPost, Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Virgin StartUp and Harvard Business Review. He has also been interviewed for BBC Radio London, LBC Radio’s Business Hour and a Barclays UK nationwide ad campaign.

Links

Web: https://www.simonalexanderong.com/

Community: http://bit.ly/simonextraordinary

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonalexanderong/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/simonong

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonalexandero/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonalexandero

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simonalexanderong.official/

CANUK诚邀大家与3月1日晚一起庆祝2019春节

今年菜单如下
夫妻肺片，香味腐竹，蒜蓉黄瓜，酸菜鱼，重庆鸡煲，水煮牛肉，回锅肉，醋溜土豆丝，干煸四季豆，金沙基围虾，清炒时蔬，红豆糕，丝苗米饭

地址
Empress of Sichuan
‪6 Lisle Street, London WC2H 7BG, London‬  

费用£25每人

CANUK提供酒水

欢迎大家踊跃报名
https://canuk-chinese-new-year-dinner-2019.eventbrite.co.uk

The Chinese Actuarial Network UK (CANUK) is delighted to invite you to celebrate our anniversary at Staple Inn after another successful year on Friday, 18 January 2019.

Admission is free and pre-registration is required. Please register below to avoid disappointments!

Special thanks to the Institute and Faculty of Actuary for providing the venue for this event. Food and drinks are sponsored by LMA Recuirtment.

In order for us to stay in touch with you, please remember to register your CANUK Membership below:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/member-registration-tickets-39373159179

Programme:

Organiser:

CANUK Committee

Location:

Staple Inn Hall

High Holborn

LONDON WC1V 7QJ

See map: Google Maps

Registration: 

https://canuk-annual-event-2019.eventbrite.co.uk

About the speakers

Henry Hughes, CFA
Vice President, Insurance Portfolio Manager, GSAM Insurance Asset Management

Henry is a Portfolio Manager in the Insurance Fixed Income team where he covers insurance companies across multiple regions, strategies and currencies. Henry joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 2010 before which he spent three years in the Insurance Asset Management team at Schroders covering mainly fixed income and equity products. Prior to this, Henry spent five years in the British Army. He graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA (Hons) in History and is a CFA Charterholder.

Sie Liang

Long Tail Lines Senior Underwriter SCOR

Sie Liang is Senior Underwriter of UK Market, looking after long tail lines business as well as other initiatives including cyber, insuretech and capital solutions.

Sie Liang has over 18 years of diverse experience which includes business planning, financial reporting, capital management, product development and pricing, actuarial valuations and process reviews and merger and acquisition/management buy out due diligence.

His projects have spanned many countries including UK and within the Asia Pacific region including Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.

Prior to joining SCOR UK through internal transfer, Sie Liang held various positions as the Appointed Actuary at a Lloyd’s Syndicate in London i.e. Sagicor at Lloyd’s as well as a Chief Actuary position for SCOR, the Global Reinsurer for its Singapore operations. His responsibilities included all actuarial statutory reporting covering the Non Life business, capital management, reinsurance optimization as well as Solvency II related applications for the Syndicate.

Dear all,

Considering becoming an actuary or just curious what actuaries do?

The Chinese Actuarial Network UK (CANUK) is delighted to invite you to a discussion on this very topic.

Admission is free and pre-registration is required. Please register to avoid disappointments!

https://student-event-2018.eventbrite.co.uk

This event is sponsored by LMA Recruitment Ltd.

Agenda:

6:00-6:30 Registration on arrival

6:30-6:50 Actuarial Exams: Past and Future – CANUK presentation delivered by Mazars Simon Yeung on recent exam system changes. Simon is one of the two International Representatives of the Education Committee of the IFoA.

6:50-7:30 Breaking into the actuarial market- how to succeed in interviews – Presentation chaired by LMA’s Stuart Bullen and Samantha Chan with their recently placed students sharing experience in searching for their first jobs.

7:30-8:10 Panel discussion and Q&A with experienced actuaries and students.

8:10-9:00 (or till late) Networking with food and drink

CPD:

For CPD requirement, please follow the instruction on the IFoA website.

Organiser:

CANUK Committee, LMA and Cass Business School

Location:

The Hub, 3rd Floor, Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TZ

CANUK presentation – Actuarial Exams: Past and Future

Speakers and panelists

Simon Yeung

Simon is a FIA with 20 years’ experience. Simon has extensive practical insurance experience including pricing, reserving, capital modelling and underwriting matters, having worked at a senior level in both industry and consultancy roles. Over the years he has consistently applied his analytic skills in developing original solutions to complex challenges.

He is currently a Director of the actuarial team at Mazars, primarily focusing on Non-Life insurance. Simon is one of the two International Representatives of the Education Committee of the IFoA.

Judith Tang (Panel)

Judith is a qualified actuary, specialising in Life insurance with 4 years’ experience in consulting and 4 years in the industry. Judith graduated from LSE with a BSc degree in Actuarial Science in 2010. Following graduation, she started her career at Deloitte, working mainly on Solvency II implementation projects for life insurance companies before moving to Liverpool Victoria in 2013 where she worked in the economic capital and methodology team.

She is currently a Senior Manager of the actuarial team at Mazars, primarily focusing on Life insurance actuarial audits and reviews. Judith qualified as an actuary in 2013.

Wenyu Bai (Panel)

Bai is a qualified actuary and senior Vice President at Redington Ltd. Bai is one of the team leads in ALM & Investment Strategy team, with a focus on pension endgame solutions and longevity modelling. She is also responsible for the business management side of the team, leading on profitability and efficiency improvement. Bai joined Redington as a graduate in 2007. Prior to Redington, Bai studied BSc actuarial science and MSc actuarial management at Cass business school. Bai is the mother of 2 young children and enjoys varies sport activities in her spare time.

LMA presentation –

Speakers and panellists

Shathursan Berinbarasah, Cass Business School 2016 BSc Actuarial Science – Tokio Marine Kiln, Reserving Analyst

Ryan Mak, Cass Business School 2018 BSc Actuarial Science – Tokio Marine Kiln, Capital Analyst

Stephen Ikpe, Cass Business School 2016 BSc Actuarial Science – Qmetric, Reserving Analyst

Charlotte Tsui, University of Kent 2018 BSc Mathematics – Tokio Marine Kiln, Capital Analyst

William Barlow, University of Exeter 2017 MPhys Physics – Talbot Underwriting, Reserving Analyst

Andrew Macfarlane, University of Nottingham 2015 – BSc Mathematics – The AA, Pricing Analyst

Stuart Bullen, Associate Director LMA Recruitment

Samantha Chan, Consultant LMA Recruitment

Best regards

CANUK Committee

We are glad to invite all members to enjoy a fun golf night after work at Swingers ! It is a great opportunity to meet new friends and catch up, at the same time have plenty of fun and drinks.

Time: 6pm to 8.30pm

Date: 7th Sep 2018

Address: 8 Brown’s Buildings, London EC3A 8AL

Fee: £10 + fee by Eventbrite (Entry and drinks are subsidised by CANUK)

Registration
https://2018-simmer-social.eventbrite.co.uk

Our next event is round the corner. We have invited experts in the industry to discuss IFRS17 for both life and general insurance.

We would like to welcome you to join us at 6:00pm on Thursday, 28th June at Redington, 1 Angel Court, EC2R 7HJ.

The event is free but registration is required (see link after the Agenda).

Agenda:

We have limited seats. Please use the following link to register.

Registration: https://ifrs17-event.eventbrite.co.uk

CPD: 1.5 hours

Location:

Redington,

1 Angel Court,

EC2R 7HJ

See map: Google Maps

Organiser: CANUK Committee

About the speakers

Vasilka L Bangeova | Director | Grant Thornton UK LLP

Vasilka heads the Insurance Technical Team for Grant Thornton assurance practice and sits on the ICAEW Insurance Technical Committee. She is a member of the IFRS 17 Transitional Resource Group.

Vasilka is currently advising UK listed insurers on their IFRS 17 implementation and the development of IFRS 9 Methodology Framework and Impact Assessment.

She has managed the IFRS and other GAAP conversions of global (re)insurers and listed groups, preparing transitional balance sheets. She has also led the optimisation of the underlying system solutions, control frameworks, Board education and staff training.

Vasilka has also held senior roles with Aviva, Prudential and Swiss Re, heading economic capital aggregation, Solvency II model validation and risk and actuarial assurance teams.  

Maria Karamanou | Senior | Mazars LLP Maria joined Mazars from the IASB 4 months ago after having worked for 2 years on the development of the new standard insurance standard, IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts. More specifically, while at IASB, she was working on the IFRS 17 illustrative examples and educative webinars.

For the last four months, she has been working as Financial Reporting Senior at the Mazars Financial Reporting Advisory department and she has been advising clients on insurance and non-insurance technical accounting issues

CANUK member registration:

https://member-registration.eventbrite.co.uk

CANUK Committee 邀请大家于5月18日晚在麒麟餐厅相聚。

Time: 6pm-10pm, Friday, 8th May 2018

Kirin Chinese Restaurant
10 College Hill, London, EC4R 2RP

Cost: GBP 15 per person + GBP 1.76 admin fee (charged by Eventbrite)

Karaoke Event Registration:
https://2018-karaoke-social.eventbrite.co.uk

位置有限，要抢先注册哦！

另外也请大家注册与一下CANUK 的会员。未来的活动消息以及活动材料会在邮件中发布。

CANUK member registration:
https://member-registration.eventbrite.co.uk

Dear CANUK members,

CANUK would like to invite you to celebrate the Chinese New Year with us on Friday, 16th March 2018.

Address:
Empress of Sichuan
6 Lisle Street, London WC2H 7BG, London

Time:
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. on Friday, 16th March 2018

Menu:
Menu: big grouper fish with pickled cabbage in soup,hot and fiery beef slice and beef tripe, marinated cucumber with garlic and sesame oil, double cooked pork, Kong Pao King Prawn, shredded pork with black fungus and spicy sauce,Ma PoTofu,stir-fried fragrant beef with chilies and crushed peanut,stir fried potatoes slices in vinegar sauce, stir fried seasonal vegetables, rice. Dessert red bean and coconut milk cake.

Cost:
£26 per person including 12.5% service charge and Chinese tea

Thank you for your continuous supporting on CANUK.

Registration link: https://2018-canuk-chinese-new-year-dinner.eventbrite.co.uk

Happy new year!

The Chinese Actuarial Network UK (CANUK) is delighted to invite you to celebrate our anniversary at Staple Inn after another successful year.

Admission is free and pre-registration is required. Please register here to avoid disappointments!
Special thanks to the Institute and Faculty of Actuary for providing the venue for this event. Food and drinks are sponsored by Mansion House.

Programme:

CPD: 1.5 hours

Location:

Staple Inn Hall

High Holborn

LONDON WC1V 7QJ

See map: Google Maps

Registration: https://canuk-anniversary-event-2018.eventbrite.co.uk

Organiser: CANUK Committee

About the speakers

John Towner
John is Head of Origination for Legal & General’s Pension Risk Transfer business where he helps defined benefit pension schemes transfer risk and better secure their members’ benefits. Prior to Legal & General, John was an investment consultant at Redington and advised DB trustee boards on their investment, risk management and funding policies. He began his career in asset management at Bankers Trust in New York and then moved to investment banking at Deutsche Bank and Barclays Capital in London where he built up sixteen years of market experience.

Marco Lo Giudice
Marco Lo Giudice is currently the Local Head of Pricing at Tokio Millennium Re, UK branch, where he leads a team of seven people across catastrophe modelling and actuarial pricing. He started in Willis in 2006 and was instrumental in building awareness of the catastrophe models among clients. He then moved in the Lloyd’s market, where he contributed to the success of two managing agencies by implementing the models and developing validation processes. Marco holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Milan obtained while studying at the University of Bath.

It is the festive time of the year that we should award ourselves for a year worth of hard work!

CANUK Committee invites you to the last social event in 2017 and we will celebrate by playing Ping Pong and relax.

As usual, we have limited seats. Please register your interest early at:
https://2017-november-social.eventbrite.co.uk

Time: 6pm – 8pm, Monday, 27th November

Venue: Bounce
Address:
241 Old Street, Shoreditch, London, EC1V 9EY