An initiative under TAF Consulting to serve the need to build actuarial capacity for the financial services sector in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region. To prepare students for professional exams of international actuarial organizations (e.g. UK Institute of Actuaries and USA Society of Actuaries). The program attracts students with strong potential to becoming actuaries drawn from hig
h school graduates, higher institutions’ undergraduates, and working adults looking for career change or development. Center of Actuarial Training (CAT) is presently based in Lagos, Nigeria, Accra, Ghana and Dubai, UAE. Goals & Objectives
- Developing home-grown and sustainable actuarial capacity for the markets served by TAF Consulting Group
- Practical, relevant and contextualized actuarial training
- Development of trainees structured to ensure that trainees work for sponsoring employer during period of training
- Supervision and mentoring of trainees by qualified actuaries within TAF network and of enlisted professional organizations
- Exposure of trainees to international best practices through orientation program and cross-training with other offices of TAF and of collaborating professional organizations
- Maximize loyalty and connectivity of trainees to sponsoring companies and local market
- Self-supporting internal actuarial department over specified horizon jointly set with participating employer