Episode 28: Next Gen Actuaries with Ruby Smith
“Embrace what you're learning and just wait to see where you're going to use it. There are so many different emerging non-traditional areas, and I'm sure that they would all benefit from what you learned in those courses.”
Ruby Smith,
Next Gen Actuary
Ruby is a qualified actuary working in Finity's Climate Analytics practice, focusing on physical risk, transition risk and modelling of long term climate-related issues. Passionate about the environment, Ruby is a member of the Institute’s Climate and Sustainability Working Group, with particular interests in decarbonisation, risk quantification and the social impacts of climate change.
In this interview Ruby shares:
Why the environment is so important to her,
Her decision not to get qualified because she wanted to work in climate change,
Why she subsequently decided to pursue Fellowship,
What it was like presenting on the big stage at the Actuaries Summit, and
Her top tips for actuaries still working towards Fellowship.
