Role Players 2014
PREETI CHANDRASHEKHAR
Consulting Leader - Benefits, India (South)
Towers Watson
Preeti is a Consulting Leader of Towers Watson India's Employee Benefits practice and is in charge of the Southern region. She joined the Towers Watson Benefits Practice in February 2008. Prior to her appointment, she spent 17 years in the insurance and pension industry and in business consulting. Since joining Towers Watson, she has been involved in the full range of actuarial and consulting services in Employee Benefits space. This includes developing and delivering in actuarial valuations for accounting and funding purposes, advising on scheme design, implementation, redesign, advice on fund manager selection. She is a regular speaker at client and industry events of financial and actuarial issues. She has authored several international and national papers discussing issues relating to the insurance and pension industry. She is a Fellow member of the Institute of Actuaries of India.
General experience
Advice to companies on plan redesign
Coordinating and performing actuarial valuations for accounting for pension costs under Indian and international GAAP
Industry experience in areas of Pricing of Voluntary Retirement Schemes and Special quotations for non-standard group insurance
premiums and annuity rates
Leading a team of insurance experts in conceptualising a solution on Risk Based Capital and Solvency 2
Consulting in actuarial aspects and business transformation for global insurance companies
Project experience
Benefit harmonisation for a large technology entity
NPS implementation project management
Trust governance strategy and implementation
Evaluating the cost of employee benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions and due diligence support
Actuarial Consultant and SME for development of a core Actuarial Reporting system to be implemented across the subsidiaries of a leading banc assurance firm in EU
Actuarial consulting in Defined Benefits pension schemes (US) and development of Industry accelerators for strategic competitive advantage for the company
Education and professional qualification
M.Phil in Statistics
Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India
Diploma in Actuarial Techniques, Institute of Actuaries, UK
General experience
Advice to companies on plan redesign
Coordinating and performing actuarial valuations for accounting for pension costs under Indian and international GAAP
Industry experience in areas of Pricing of Voluntary Retirement Schemes and Special quotations for non-standard group insurance
premiums and annuity rates
Leading a team of insurance experts in conceptualising a solution on Risk Based Capital and Solvency 2
Consulting in actuarial aspects and business transformation for global insurance companies
Project experience
Benefit harmonisation for a large technology entity
NPS implementation project management
Trust governance strategy and implementation
Evaluating the cost of employee benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions and due diligence support
Actuarial Consultant and SME for development of a core Actuarial Reporting system to be implemented across the subsidiaries of a leading banc assurance firm in EU
Actuarial consulting in Defined Benefits pension schemes (US) and development of Industry accelerators for strategic competitive advantage for the company
Education and professional qualification
M.Phil in Statistics
Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of India
Diploma in Actuarial Techniques, Institute of Actuaries, UK