Murshid Kuttihassan

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led a 200+ member actuarial team at EY.
  • Transformed actuarial teams into strategic partners.
  • Pioneered AI integration in actuarial modeling.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in the actuarial and insurance analytics industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Global Actuarial Operations & TransformationLeadershipEmbedded ValueFinancial ReportingRisk Analytics

Other Skills

Life & P&C Insurance Product Pricing & ReservingMentoringCultural IntelligenceActuarial Modeling (AXIS, Prophet)PythonROctaveIFRS 17People-Centric ManagementStakeholder Management & Cross-cultural LeadershipChange ManagementLeadership DevelopmentCoaching and Team BuildingDEIExam Support Programs

About

๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž | ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ | ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ | ๐€๐ˆ & ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž Over the past 20+ years, Iโ€™ve helped transform actuarial teams into strategic partners, leveraging analytics, technology, and global talent to drive impact across the insurance value chain. Currently, I head the actuarial function at ๐„๐˜ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ (๐„๐˜ ๐†๐ƒ๐’) and serve as the AI Lead for the Financial Services Risk Consulting (FSRC) team. I oversee a 200+ member team delivering end-to-end actuarial solutions across Life, Health, Property & Casualty, Pension, and Investment domains. Previously, I built and scaled one of the worldโ€™s largest offshore actuarial delivery teams at ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, supporting over 40 countries with advanced capabilities in valuation, modeling, embedded value, asset-liability management, pricing, and reinsurance. With professional credentials across the ๐”๐’ (๐…๐’๐€, ๐Œ๐€๐€๐€), ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐š (๐…๐‚๐ˆ๐€), ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐Š (๐…๐ˆ๐€) and global designations like ๐‚๐…๐€, ๐‚๐„๐‘๐€, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐‘๐Œ, I bring a rare combination of technical depth, strategic foresight, ethical leadership, and global perspective. I lead with integrity, guided by the principle that actuarial leadership must not only deliver value but do so with responsibility, trust, and long-term vision. I believe the actuary of tomorrow must be more than a technician; they must be a storyteller, a strategist, and a change agent who can influence enterprise-wide decisions.

Experience

22 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Ey

Head of Actuarial โ€“ EY Global Delivery Services

Nov 2022 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 7 mos ยท India ยท On-site

  • ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž: 200+ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ | ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž (๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐&๐‚, ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ)
  • Lead strategic growth and delivery for EYโ€™s actuarial practice in India
  • Designed and executed a comprehensive talent and location strategy including a structured pathway for early-career talent and fresh graduates resulting in more than doubling the number of credentialed actuaries. Also expanded the actuarial development program to cover both SOA and CAS exam tracks, enhancing long-term capability building.
  • Initiated an AI-focused culture within the team, emphasizing the future of actuarial modeling and reporting in an evolving AI landscape including training on prompt-driven model development.
  • Redirected excess capacity to focus on future-ready capability building, redefining the actuarial value chain.
  • Drive multi-disciplinary solutions with AI, actuarial science, and data analytics
  • Collaborating with the broader insurance ecosystem such as, Insurance data analytics, insurance process and controls, reinsurance administration, to design and deliver a holistic solution to clients.
  • Serve as a senior leader interfacing with global partners across Europe, US, and APAC
Life & P&C Insurance Product Pricing & ReservingMentoringGlobal Actuarial Operations & TransformationCultural IntelligenceActuarial Modeling (AXIS, Prophet)Python+14

Metlife

3 roles

VP & Head of Actuarial โ€“ MetLife Global Operations Support Center

Promoted

Nov 2018 โ€“ Nov 2022 ยท 4 yrs

  • ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž: 280+ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ | ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ 40+ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
  • โ— Led a global actuarial delivery center supporting valuation, ALM, experience studies, reinsurance, embedded value, pricing, and governance.
  • โ— Delivered IFRS 17 reporting with automation and internal control design
  • โ— Fostered a high-performance learning culture, increasing the number of qualified actuaries from 3 to 24 through structured support and career development initiatives.
  • โ— Coordinated directly with onshore stakeholders in LATAM, EMEA, Asia, and North America
Life & P&C Insurance Product Pricing & ReservingMentoringGlobal Actuarial Operations & TransformationCultural IntelligenceIFRS 17Embedded Value+10

AVP and Lead Actuary

Oct 2017 โ€“ Oct 2018 ยท 1 yr

  • โ— Grew actuarial team from 70 to 150+ in under a year
  • โ— Established Embedded Value (EV) team to support Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America businesses
  • โ— Revamped and benchmarked the actuarial development program, leading to reduced attrition, improved engagement, and stronger talent attraction.
  • โ— Streamlined reinsurance operations and experience analysis processes across multiple geographies
IFRS 17Embedded ValueFinancial ReportingStakeholder Management & Cross-cultural Leadership

Director and Actuary

Dec 2015 โ€“ Sep 2017 ยท 1 yr 9 mos

  • Lead for Embedded Value
Stakeholder Management & Cross-cultural Leadership

Manulife

3 roles

Corporate Actuary

Apr 2015 โ€“ Nov 2015 ยท 7 mos ยท Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • โ— Led capital modeling for MCCSR, OSFI buffer, and stress testing (DCAT)
  • โ— Implemented stochastic reserving for manualized guaranteed products, optimizing model run-time for greater efficiency.
  • โ— Managed inter-departmental modeling across valuation, scenario testing, and asset strategy
  • โ— Collaborated with GGY to extend AXIS functionalities (Bond ETF, OIS, NFI reinvestment)
Risk Analytics

Associate Actuary

Promoted

Jun 2013 โ€“ Apr 2015 ยท 1 yr 10 mos ยท Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Actuarial Standard Board Proposed Changes: Testing, Documentation, Training, Implementation
  • Quantitative impact study
  • CALM Reinvestment Strategy Testing
  • CALM Market Correction Timing
  • Modelling of Exotic Assets in CALM
  • Project Management
Risk Analytics

Senior Actuarial Associate

Nov 2011 โ€“ Jun 2013 ยท 1 yr 7 mos ยท Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • ALM (Key rate sensitivities, hedging)
  • Canadian Asset Liability Method
  • Preparation and Validation of of Economic Assumptions
  • CALM Reserves
  • AXIS Asset Modeling
  • AXIS Reinvestment Strategy Modeling
  • Model Vetting

University of waterloo

Teaching Assistant

May 2010 โ€“ Sep 2011 ยท 1 yr 4 mos ยท Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  • Grading
  • Tutorials (For classes of 200+ students)
  • Proctoring
  • Tutoring (1 on 1)

Scor

Associate Actuary

Feb 2008 โ€“ May 2009 ยท 1 yr 3 mos ยท Plano, Texas, United States

  • Actuary โ€“ ALM, GAAP, EEV for annuities and indexed products

Milliman

Associate Actuary

Jul 2005 โ€“ Feb 2008 ยท 2 yrs 7 mos ยท Seattle, Washington, United States

  • Analyst โ€“ Designed Medicare/Medicaid pricing and claim analysis models
  • Worked On: SQL Server, SAS, Microsoft Excel, C#

Arizona state university

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2004 โ€“ Jul 2005 ยท 1 yr 6 mos ยท Tempe, Arizona, United States

  • Teaching
  • Tutoring

Fis

Programmer, Business Analyst and Onsite Coordinator

Jan 1999 โ€“ Oct 2003 ยท 4 yrs 9 mos ยท Phoenix, Arizona, United States

  • Shared Check Authorization Network Online
  • Mode Control System
  • Preparation of Specifications
  • Communication and Coordination with Offshore Team
  • Worked On:
  • Solaris, Mainframe, Tandem, OS2, Windows
  • Java, C, C++, Cobol, TACL, TAL
  • DB2, Informix, Oracle, Nonstop SQL

Education

University of Waterloo

MMath โ€” Actuarial Science

Jan 2010 โ€“ Jan 2011

Texas McCombs School of Business

PGP โ€” Data Science and Business Analytics

Nov 2021 โ€“ Dec 2022

Arizona State University

MA โ€” Mathematics

Jan 2003 โ€“ Jan 2005

Cochin University of Science and Technology

B Tech โ€” Electronics Engineering

Jan 1994 โ€“ Jan 1998

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