Nathan Thomas
Member
Nathan started his actuarial career in 2000 at Tower working in the areas of life insurance and managed funds before moving to the UK in 2005 where he worked for Legal & General in Protection pricing, valuation and Solvency II.
Nathan qualified as a Fellow in 2007 and returned to NZ in 2012 to work for Cigna in the areas of life and travel insurance, where from 2015 he carried out the role of Chief Actuary and Appointed Actuary for 5 years. During his time at Cigna, the achievement he is most proud of is establishing the annual Cigna Actuarial Scholarship at Victoria University of Wellington. This has provided interview experience to candidates, as well as financial benefits and work experience for the successful scholars. This was established in 2015 when Nathan first joined the Cigna Executive Team and it is still active today.
Since leaving Cigna, Nathan has been working part-time at Montoux, initially in the role of Director of Data Science, and more recently as Director of Customer Success. At the same time, Nathan has been studying an EMBA at Victoria University of Wellington and is due to complete this in early 2022. In addition to this, Nathan started is governance career in 2021 and holds the roles of Independent Director at Police Health Plan Ltd and Elected Board Member at Swimming Wellington.