Health Practice Committee

Learn about the role of the Health Practice Committee and meet its members.

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About the Health Practice Committee

The Health Practice Committee (HPC): 

  • Contributes to the strategic direction of the Institute.
  • Actively supports the development of actuarial practice through the Institute’s education, CPD, standard-setting, public policy and research activities.
  • Actively identifies and promotes opportunities for members working in health and facilitates communication and liaison within the profession.

HPC responsibilities include:

  • Identifying new and emerging technical and practice needs of members.
  • Identifying risk exposures for the profession in health and making recommendations to Council on how to manage these.
  • Maintaining and developing professional education materials, including reviewing the course syllabus.
  • Identifying continuing professional development needs of members and developing CPD programs and opportunities.
  • Identifying potential issues for research and development.
  • Reviewing and developing relevant Professional Standards and Practice Guidelines.
  • Preparing public policy submissions on technical issues affecting health and on matters of broader public interest, including research activity.
  • Communicating on a regular basis with members (e.g., via e-newsletters and Actuaries Digital articles) on issues and developments affecting health.
  • Developing links with offshore actuarial bodies and relevant professional and industry bodies.

Members are:

Chair
Brendan Pon


Members
Antony Claughton

Maggie Lee

Weixuan Li
Vanessa Messina 

Jacky Poon
Danya Raj
Nick Stolk

Zachary Tirrell

Wayne (Xu) Wang
Joy Liu 
Ash Evans
Fergus Macleod 
Jessie Wang
Rianne Zheng

APRA Liaison
Karl Niemann

Secretary
Andrew Uen

Institute Liaison

Aidan Nguyen

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