Kugen is a Director with the Actuarial Services Team in Malaysia which includes various IFRS17 implementation and consulting. He has over 12 years of experience, covering financial risk management, consulting and direct reporting. His experience also spans across the region including clients from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Cambodia.
Professional and Industry Experience
- Kugen’s experience includes direct insurers, takaful operator and recently in a Malaysian reinsurer.
- He has been heavily involved in IFRS17 Implementation when working in the Malaysian reinsurer. This involved providing insights for actuarial implementation and managing a successful UAT completion involving several workstreams. Kugen was also involved in regulatory submissions, business planning, and the comparison against budgets during his time here.
- On the consulting side, Kugen has assisted with IFRS17 implementation projects, actuarial audit, ICAAP reviews, as well as PMO for a regional model.
- Kugen has worked as a Financial Risk Manager for a takaful operator in Malaysia and an insurer in Singapore. He was involved in identifying and analysing potential financial and insurance risk that impact assets, earning capacity, whilst implementing effective policies to mitigate the risk factors.
- He has also carried out actuarial modelling and parallel runs in assisting clients as Appointed Actuary, which included reviews in valuation, pricing and stress testing exercises.