Barbara Zvan, FSA, FCIA, CERA is Chief Risk & Strategy Officer at Ontario Teachers'​ Pension Plan.

The Investment Section of the Society of Actuaries is creating a podcast series - How I Became an Investment Actuary.  In each podcast, we will interview a prominent investment actuary.  We hope to provide a series of interest to actuaries wanting to use their actuarial skills in the world of investments.  In this installment, Barbara discusses how she came to be in her current role and how her actuarial skills contribute.