Investing for Life

Elayne Grace, Chief Executive Officer @ Actuaries Institute Australia.


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In the latest Investing for Life episode, host Douglas Isles interviews Elayne Grace, CEO of the Actuaries Institute Australia.

With 25 years’ international experience with leading consulting firms and major insurers, Elayne has provided strategic, economic and financial advice across a range of issues. She understands the importance of – and is passionate about – building a strong, outward-looking profession that is in high demand now and in the future.


Elayne’s views are respected and sought after, having contributed to a range of industry climate change papers, Geneva Papers, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, UNEP Finance CEO briefing papers and actuarial conference papers. She was a member of the Expert Advisory Panel to the Indigenous Land Corporation and participated in the Commonwealth Study Conference and Chief Executive Women’s Leadership Program. In 2019, Elayne was named in the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence in the public policy category.


Listen to this conversation to:

- hear Elayne’s origin story and reflections on growing up in Ireland;
- learn more about the challenges she has faced throughout her career and how she navigated each setback;
- be inspired by her journey re-entering the workforce between and after children, and her advice for both men and women looking to walk that path;
- hear how she led her people through the pandemic and her thoughts around the future of work.

Delivered with joyful enthusiasm, Elaine’s Investing for Life story is both entertaining and thought-provoking. Her experience is a poignant reminder that standing out from the crowd can – and should be – a deliberate choice that reaps returns in the long run.

Follow Elayne on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elayne-grace-56455548/.

 

Investing for Life is hosted by Douglas Isles, Platinum Asset Management.

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Investing for LifeBy Douglas Isles