Women in Investment Festival: Talking with Jenny Condron

ACA chair

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ACA chair and chief actuarial officer at Mercer Jenny Condron tells Laura Miller what it takes to make it in a man’s world, the one thing that scares her most, and why Queen Elizabeth II beats the Queen of Pop

Jenny Condron is one sixth of the impressive team of experts on PA's Women in Investment Festival advisory board. This year she became the first female chair of the Association of Consulting Actuaries in its 58-year history, and is also chief actuarial officer at Mercer.  Q 1. You graduated from Oxford University in 1991 with an MA in mathematics. We know STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, which often lead to better paid careers, are still dominated by men. What made you choose maths, and how do we get more young women into STEM? Maths was the only subject I w...

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