Meet our Educators
Meet the dedicated Fellows who guide and support you through your study. They are responsible for the subject syllabus, teaching materials, and assessments. They provide detailed feedback on past assignments and exams to assist your revision, and host tutorials and discussion forums to guide you through the materials.
Chief Examiners and the subjects they teach
Jenifer Walton - Communication, Modelling and Professionalism (CMP)
Jenifer Walton, FIAA, is an Australian actuary with two decades of commercial actuarial experience working in the UK and Australia. She has worked in both actuarial and business management roles. Jenifer has worked as a "big four" consultant, with significant experience in both superannuation and investments as well as working with clients in life and general insurance projects. Throughout her corporate career she’s been passionate about actuarial education, designing and delivering learning programs specifically tailored to assist with developing the careers of actuaries.
James Purvis - Asset Liability Management (ALM) and Investment (INV)
James Purvis is an Actuarial Educator and Chief Examiner for the Fellowship Investment Subject. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. James has a BA in Actuarial Studies and Demography (Macquarie University), a Diploma of Finance and Accounting (Chisholm) and a Master of International Public Health (University of Sydney). He has over 40 years’ experience in investment management, research and advice. This includes managing investment portfolios, asset allocation as well as assessing and rating fund managers.
Zach Tirrell - Banking (BANK) and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Zach is a member of the Institute’s Actuarial Education team with experience in a diverse range of industries including healthcare, education, financial services and data analytics. He is a scholarship-holding PhD candidate at the Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, conducting qualitative and quantitative research projects on the risk associated with new medicines in Australia. He is currently an active member of the Health Practice Committee (HPC) and is an editor for Actuaries Digital.
Dimity Gartzionis - General Insurance and Health Principles
Dimity has over 20 years’ experience in general insurance and health insurance, including 12 years in consulting and 10 years in corporate. Dimity has been both an internal and external Appointed Actuary and held statutory roles across both health insurance and general insurance. She joined our team in 2024 and brings a commercial focus to the General Insurance and Health Principles subjects — General Insurance and Health Pricing and Portfolio Analytics (GIHPPA) and General Insurance and Health Valuation (GIHV).
Khang Hyunh - Life Insurance Principles
Khang joined us in 2024 and brings over 20 years' experience in the life insurance industry in Australia and Asia, most recently as Chief Executive Officer at FWD Insurance, Vietnam. Khang is excited to share his expertise with the Life Insurance and Retirement actuarial students on their journey to build successful career as an Actuary in Australia and/or overseas. He teaches Life Insurance and Retirement Product Development (LIRPD) and Life Insurance and Retirement Valuation (LIRV).
Amanda Aitken - Data Science Applications (DSA)
Amanda has over 20 years’ experience including in general insurance and workers' compensation schemes. Amanda joined the Institute Education team in 2018 to develop and teach the Communication, Modelling and Professionalism subject but now focuses on Data Science. Amanda brings her passion for teaching and years of actuarial experience to her role.
Colin Priest - Data Science Applications (DSA)
For the past ten years Colin has been primarily engaged in digital technology projects across clients, education providers and businesses and most recently was the Chief Customer Officer for FeatureByte in Singapore. He has joined our team to deliver DSA. He has contributed to the Institute’s education program over many years including teaching Commercial Actuarial Practice, assessment development and marking, and as a member of the Data Science Applications Education Faculty.
Jacqui Reid - General Insurance Applications (GIA)
Jacqui has significant actuarial consulting experience advising companies, insurers, reinsurers and captives in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Bermuda and Switzerland. Her Australian experience includes leading a small actuarial team based in Sydney and Melbourne advising corporates, scheme Actuary for NT WorkSafe, developing a pricing model for a private health insurer and developing an operational risk measurement model for a major Australian bank.
Simon Kong - Life Insurance Applications (LIA)
Simon is an experienced life insurance actuary with over a decade working at Australian life insurers and reinsurers. His experience has included assumption setting and valuations, experience analysis, capital and risk management, financial forecasting, financial condition reports, pricing and product development. Simon was a member of the Institute’s Life Insurance and Retirement Education Faculty before joining the Education team in 2024.
Janice Jones - Superannuation and Retirement Applications (SRA)
Janice has significant actuarial consulting experience in Australian superannuation and wealth management across a diverse range of employers and roles. She lectured on the Control Cycle at Curtin University for two years and is currently the Independent Examiner for the Pensions subject with the Actuarial Society of South Africa. Janice joined the Institute Education team in 2019 to develop and teach the Superannuation and Retirement subject, and also leads the team of Actuarial Educators.
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