Our People

Thomas has over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, both as an actuary and an executive. He has served as CEO of Brookfield Annuity Company in Canada, CEO of Legal & General Reinsurance and Deputy CEO of Legal & General America.

Throughout his career, Thomas had focused on making a positive difference through insurance, delivering innovative technology solutions to improve efficiency and deliver an outstanding customer experience.

Thomas holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Shashank has over 15 years of experience in the insurance sector, as an actuary, consultant, banker and investor.

Prior to joining Blumont Annuity Company (UK), Shashank was an investment banker at Citi and HSBC where he advised UK and European insurance companies on M&A and capital raising transactions. Shashank also assessed numerous reinsurance opportunities. Shashank is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.

Jamie has over 25 years’ experience in the pensions and insurance industry. At Blumont Annuity Company (UK), Jamie is responsible for all aspects of transitions and operations, providing exceptional levels of customer service to Trustees, Sponsors and their pension scheme members.

Prior to joining Blumont Annuity Company (UK), Jamie was Head of Pension Operations at PIC, working on over 250 transactions and managing clients, third-party administrators, and more than 300,000 policyholders. In this role, he was recognised for providing superior customer service, earning the Institute of Customer Service ‘ServiceMark with Distinction’ award.

Uzma has over 20 years of experience in the UK bulk annuity and pensions consulting markets.

Prior to joining Blumont Annuity Company (UK), Uzma served as Head of Structuring at PIC, where she was responsible for pricing and developing innovative solutions for buy-ins and buyouts. At PIC, she led on £22bn of successful bulk annuity transactions, including all aspects of the £6.5bn landmark RSA insurance buyout, the largest single UK bulk annuity buyout transaction. Other notable transactions include M&S, MNOPF, BHS and Institute and Faculty of Actuaries pension scheme buyout.

Uzma is a Fellow of the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and is one of the founding members of the Actuarial Mentoring Programme.

Michelle has extensive experience in the insurance sector, which includes advising financial services organisations in the life and pensions risk transfer market on a range of risk transfer solutions.

Prior to joining Blumont Annuity Company (UK), Michelle spent seven years at a law firm, where she advised UK life insurers on indemnity longevity risk transfers (insurance and reinsurance), bulk annuity policies and asset-based reinsurance. Earlier in her career, she worked at Zurich Insurance, advising on streamlined longevity insurance and reinsurance for smaller schemes, and at AXA Assistance, part of the Axa Insurance group.

Alex is an actuary with 12 years of experience in the insurance industry.

Prior to joining Blumont Annuity Company (UK), Alex was an actuarial consultant at KPMG working with UK bulk annuity clients on a broad range of projects including capital optimisation, IFRS17 implementation, finance transformation, and audit engagements.

Earlier in his career, Alex was a reporting actuary at Munich Re UK Life Branch, where his experience included longevity reinsurance transactions and mortality basis development.

Alex is a Fellow of the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Richard has over 20 years of experience in asset management and investment banking.

Richard has significant experience in the real estate sector as both an investor and developer having overseen multiple large-scale projects in the UK.

Richard currently holds the CF30 approved function on the FS Register. 

Paul has over 30 years of experience in insurance, reinsurance and consulting. He is now Chief Actuary of Brookfield Wealth Solutions, overseeing risk and actuarial functions.

Paul joined Brookfield in 2015 to establish Blumont Annuity in Canada, formerly Brookfield Annuity, and served as its first President & CEO. Prior to joining Brookfield, Paul was a senior partner in a large global consulting firm with responsibility for their retirement consulting business in Canada.

Paul is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto and a Master of Arts in Economics also from the University of Toronto.

Stephanie has over 25 years of experience practicing law in the financial services industry.

Prior to joining Blumont Annuity Company (UK), she was the legal, risk and compliance director of a fintech start up founded by Philip Morris International and the Head of Legal of the Railways Pension Scheme. Earlier in her career, she held several senior legal positions at MetLife and was part of the team that set up MetLife Assurance Limited, a pension risk transfer insurer.

Arshil has 35 years of experience in the life insurance industry.

Most recently, Arshil held senior executive positions at a Canadian life insurance company with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. Arshil has served on the board of directors for several companies, including the largest life insurer and asset manager in Ireland, a long-established player in the UK annuity market, and a UK-based European holding company with operating subsidiaries in the UK, Ireland and Germany

Arshil is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. 

Scott is a senior finance executive with over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry.

Scott has held senior finance roles at various insurance companies throughout his career. Most recently, he worked as the Chief Financial Officer of Argo Group International Holdings Limited, a U.S. focused specialty insurance company.

Scott is a member of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Australia. 

Shiv has over 35 years of experience in asset management, investment banking and wealth management.

Shiv has most recently been an internal advisor to several large cap businesses and institutions. In this capacity he has concluded several large transactions related to fund raising, M&A and corporate restructuring.

Prior to this he was the founder of a boutique asset management business focused on Infrastructure and logistics/warehousing. 

Frank has over 35 years of experience in the pensions and insurance industry, both as a consultant and senior executive.

He is a senior actuary, having been a senior partner at a large global consulting firm where he led the UK Retirement Business and global defined benefit risk management division with responsibility for growth in the risk transfer consulting business across the UK, North America and Europe.

Frank is a Client Director with Independent Trustee Services Limited (ITS) and currently acts as a professional, independent trustee for several large several pension schemes with assets totalling £20B. In his independent trustee role, Frank brings a strong focus on both risk management and good governance to those schemes. 

Keli has 18 years of experience in insurance and investment consulting.

Prior to joining, Blumont Annuity Company (UK), Keli served as Deputy Chief Actuary at PIC, where she had responsibility and oversight for PIC’s Matching Adjustment Compliance from an asset and liability perspective and supported the Chief Actuary and CFO in all actuarial balance sheet matters. She was also part of a committee advising on hedging implication and facilitated decisions for new business and the ongoing balance sheet management.