Presenting Introduction and Purpose of Course Stephen is currently working with IAG. He is a chartered accountant and has been working in the Insurance industry for over 12 years (with 15 years in total in accounting and audit). He has spent the majority of his career in professional services providing assurance and advisory services to various parts of the insurance sector, including; general insurers, life insurers, brokers, and other intermediaries. He recently spent five years as a Director at Deloitte in Sydney, with the six years prior to this also in insurance external audit in the Netherlands and Bermuda. Stephen is a member and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Presenting Module 1 - Introduction to Insurance Glaiza is currently a Financial Reporting Manager at QBE. She has over 15 years of experience across financial reporting, management reporting, and capital management in the financial services sector, with 8 years specializing in the General Insurance industry. Glaiza holds both Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designations. She earned a Doctor in Business Administration (DBA) degree from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), and has published her dissertation entitled “Lean Approach of the Philippine Non-Life Insurance Industry” in an international journal. In addition, Glaiza is currently pursuing her Juris Doctor (JD) degree at Macquarie University.
Presenting Module 2 - Insurance Terminology - Des an award-winning Accountant, a Fellow of CPA Australia, with extensive experience in the public and private sectors. He founded and ran his own Public Accounting Practice for 16 years, with particular emphasis on management information. Des was also an independent business loss expert for SA Health and a major Australian insurance broker. Des is a passionate community member having represented South Australia in Tenpin bowling, being a Lifeline Counsellor, and as a mentor with the Smith Family, Brain Injury SA, and CPA Australia.
Presenting Module 3, Insurance Cycle - Runesh currently Heads Financial Planning & Analysis “FP&A” and Finance Transformation function at Chubb Australia. He has over 17 years of varied experience across management reporting, financial modelling, business and financial reporting, capital management and data transformation in the General Insurance industry. Prior to Insurance, Runesh had a career at various Telecommunication providers. He has recently been involved in introduction of self-serve insights and analytic tools that includes rollout of Alteryx, as the automation and data transformation tool, across the Finance community at Chubb. He holds Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) designation, member since 2007.
Module 4: Accounting Standards Framework and Accounting Standard 17 - Insurance Contracts
Julius is a Director in Deloitte’s Financial Services Audit team and has spent over 9 years working with insurance companies across the African, Hong Kong and Australian markets. As a member of the Deloitte Global IFRS 17 team, Julius has been actively involved with IFRS 17 implementation activities for the past seven years, including facilitating IFRS insurance training sessions and presentations to regulatory bodies and clients across the African and APAC regions. Over the 2 years Julius has been the Deloitte representative on the AASB IFRS 17 Transition Resource Group working group for the PHI Industry. He has also been a team member on a number of IFRS 17 implementation projects.
Presenting Module 5 - Management Reporting Tim is an FP&A professional and qualified CPA with over 15 years of experience within the general insurance sector, currently working at Insurance Australia Group (IAG). Throughout his career, Tim has held numerous management reporting roles, where he has been responsible for disseminating insights and analysing financial performance for the executive team and Board, coordinating IAG’s budgeting, forecasting, and target-setting processes, and supporting the bi-annual external management reporting disclosures. More recently, Tim co-led the IAG implementation of the new AASB 17 accounting standard from a management reporting perspective. He has since transitioned into a role focused on enhancing and simplifying the management reporting landscape across IAG.
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Presenting Module 6 - Regulation of the insurance industry Graham has been working for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority for 25 years and is in his fifth decade in the financial services industry. Graham is a CPA with an interest in forensic accounting. With a strong background in insurance and banking, Graham has a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape and the challenges facing the industry.