Education & Certifications

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Stellenbosch University | BCom Honours Actuarial Science Link to heading

2020

Honours Research Project

Evaluating the use of genetics to calculate risk premiums with applications to Huntington’s Disease

This project was very interesting for three main reasons:

  • The topic exposed me to genetics and how one can construct survival models for genetic diseases
  • All of the modelling needed to be performed from first-principles (as there were no available packages) which made me more comfortable with scientific computing and numerical methods
  • It was my first real exposure to LaTeX and taught me how R can interface with LaTeX to produce pretty tables and plots.

Coursework

  • Actuarial Risk Management
  • Communications
  • Extreme Value Theory
  • Financial Engineering and Loss Reserving

Activities

  • Maties Gymnastics Chairperson | 2020
  • USSA Gymnastics Vice-Chairperson | 2019-2022

Stellenbosch University | BCom Actuarial Science Link to heading

2017-2019

Majors

Actuarial Science and Mathematical Statistics

Awards

  • Golden Key International Honours Society | 2018
  • Dean’s Merit List for 6 subjects

Activities

  • Maties Gymnastics Treasurer | 2019
  • USSA Gymnastics Vice-Chairperson | 2019-2022

Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA) Link to heading

2017-Present

Exam Results

  • Foundations APP (N111) | 2019
  • Communications (N211) | 2020
  • TASSA Designation (All A100-200 exams passed) | 2022

Upcoming

  • Retirement and Related Benefits (F104) | 2023

Certifications Link to heading

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner | March 2023
  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate | July 2023