Actuaries in Start-ups with Kim Clough
Kim is an Actuary with over 15 years experience in the corporate world with varied roles across consulting, reinsurance and life insurance, focused on pricing and product development. Kim loves to build solutions that create genuine value for end customers, having been instrumental to the launch of new life insurance product offerings and supported the entry of an international reinsurer into the Australian market. Kim has recently taken the leap to Retender, a 5 year old start up specialising in sourcing and managing risk pools. Driven by innovation, Retender have disrupted the way insurance capacity is sourced and Kim plans to expand their offering as Director and Chief Innovation Officer.
In this interview I asked Kim about:
Her career path to date, and more about her current role as an actuary in a start-up,
How she found herself ready for a role in a start-up,
What she enjoys most about working in a start-up,
What she found challenging about transitioning from a full time corporate role to a start up role, and
What tips she has for actuaries considering a move to a start-up.
