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Sheel Shah and Madhuri Kumar discuss redefining goals so that recovery from the pandemic is sustainable, resilient and equitable, and one that doesn’t ignore the planetary boundaries between humanity and the environment.

Min Liang is a Senior Risk Manager at Aviva Singlife in Singapore where he leads the Group Enterprise Risk Function. He explains how he will be taking the techniques he learnt on the Certificate in Data Science course back to his workplace.

James Fisher, with inputs from within the COVID-19 workstream, discusses the potential drawbacks of using economic growth as the primary lens through which government policy decisions are made.

Rakesh Khandelwal is a Senior Manager at Allianz Reinsurance Branch Asia Pacific in Singapore. He explains how the Certificate in Data Science has enhanced his knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

In their latest blog, the IFoA’s COVID-19 Action Taskforce Social Security Group look at the impact the pandemic has had on public expenditure and social benefit finances.

Paul Wee is a Corporate Actuary for a reinsurance firm based in Singapore. Here he explains what motivated him to do the Certificate in Data Science.

In this article, Shane McCullagh interviews Mike Clark. Mike is an actuary with a long career spanning life insurance, teaching and investment.

Lloyd Jansen Van Vuuren tells us how gaining the Certificate in Data Science has given him the confidence to become more involved in data science projects in his workplace.

Steven Graham, Technical Policy Manager in the IFoA’s Policy Team, gives a taster of what to expect in the IFoA’s new Inclusive Insurance Bulletin, Responding to change. 

Peter Murphy, a member of the Artificial Intelligence and Automation Working Party, is currently investigating how AI and automation can be used in various areas of actuarial practice.

Charchit Agrawal, Appointed Actuary at QBE Insurance in Malaysia, tells us why wanting to understand the terminology involved in data science was the driving force behind him taking the Certificate in Data Science.

David Tudor-Griffith was part of the first IFoA Data Science Certificate cohort. In this blog he tells us about his experience of taking part in the course and what actuaries can gain from it.