David Kirk
David Kirk is an actuary with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ AIMS practice. He leads the AIMS advisory initiative and specialises in shareholder value management, capital management, insurance strategy, specialised asset applications and Solvency II. He also has extensive experience in embedded value reporting, insurance-related IFRS and share option valuation. Apart from his work in South Africa, he has been involved in significant insurance projects in the Middle East and China.
David began his career at Tillinghast – Towers Perrin in 2002 where his work experience included embedded value work in life insurance and reinsurance, life insurance appraisal value calculations, stochastic guarantee pricing, and building and reviewing economic scenario generators. He worked in both the London and Cape Town offices, gaining exposure to the insurance markets, products and regulatory environments in South Africa, the UK and Europe.
David is an active member of the ASSA’s Investment and Market Consistent Embedded Valuecommittees and has contributed to the Investment Guarantee Committee in the past. He has lectured parts of undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Cape Town, the University of Stellenbosch and the Lebanese University. He is an assessor and instructor for the Institute of Actuaries’ modelling course and business awareness module. Other professional associations include the Professional Risk Managers International Association.
David is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa. He holds a B.Bus.Sci degree in actuarial science and finance from the University of Cape Town, is CFA Charterholder and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).
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