Yvonne Palm

Yvonne is the Director of Risk Management and Compliance at African Reinsurance Corporation in Nigeria, overseeing all group activities within these areas. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Casualty Actuarial Society, where she applies her passion to develop actuarial and risk-related skills in less developed markets to drive their international strategy.

Yvonne previously served as the Lead Corporate Actuary at Travelers in London, overseeing reserving, technical provisions, business planning and reporting of results to regulators and management. She has worked in various reputable organisations internationally, including Ernst & Young (USA), Markel, and ACE/Chubb (UK). Her experience spans American, European, African and Middle Eastern markets.

Yvonne is a Fellow of both the Casualty Actuarial Society (USA) and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK). She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Grinnell College in the USA, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Honours in both Mathematics and Economics. Yvonne was the 2021 recipient of the Women in GRC Chief Risk Officer of the Year award.