Emily Brown joins First Actuarial as scheme actuary
Professional services firm First Actuarial has installed Emily Brown as a scheme actuary. Serving from the firm’s Peterborough office, she will bring two decades of experience to the firm.
Speaking on her arrival, Brown noted, “I’ve advised on most aspects of pensions over the past 22 years, including buy-outs, scheme design and pension accounting. I'm a pragmatic and no-nonsense scheme actuary who delivers clear and effective advice. I’m also hard-working, taking ownership of projects, and I think people really value that.”
A release from First Actuarial states that Brown is “known for her pragmatic and effective advice”, which will be particularly important to help clients in the wake of the new funding code in the pensions and investment sector.
She moves to First Actuarial from Mercer – where she spent 20 years working on the actuarial team. She advised trustees and sponsors on Defined Benefit (DB), Defined Contribution and hybrid schemes, which ranged in size from £10 million to £5 billion – and spent the last two years as a lead strategist on the fiduciary management team, designing, managing and implementing long-term journey plans.
Elaborating on the challenges firms in the sector face, she added, “Larger schemes have many of the same issues as the smaller ones. The number of members doesn’t affect the advice needed – factors like scheme complexities and covenant strength matter much more. I think First Actuarial can make big inroads into the mid-market, and I see myself as part of the team that achieves that.”
“What drew me to First Actuarial was its ethos, which aligns with mine. I’m a big believer in delivering for clients by being pragmatic and mucking in. It’s a firm that's been designed by actuaries who understand the pensions market and how to make the work efficient. And they really do live up to their values.”