TRANSCRIPT:https://actuaries.logicaldoc.cloud:443/download-ticket?ticketId=6f3dd638-9abd-48a4-b9d8-ff1577a32b24DESCRIPTIONIn the latest in the Actuaries Institute podcast series, Vanessa Beenders sits down with Andrew Matthews (Chief Actuary at Medibank Private), Francesco Paolucci (Professor of Health Economics, Newcastle Business School - University of Newcastle), and Adam Stolz (Deputy Chief Actuary and General Manager Pricing at Medibank Private) to discuss the launch of Private Health and Health Care Financing: Learning from the world. Andrew, Francesco and Adam, along with Josefa Henriquez, collaborated to write the Dialogue Paper, an initiative of the Actuaries Institute Public Policy team.ABOUT THE SPEAKERSAndrew Matthews is an Associate Professor at Monash University,a Director of The Stroke Foundation, currently ChiefActuary of Medibank Private and soon to join FinityConsulting. His main focus is Health Insurance. Andrew isa Fellow of the Actuaries Institute. He also has a Master’s in OrganizationalDevelopment (MSOD) with Pepperdine University in California, USA – aleadership program in the art and science of strategic change and buildingorganizational capability. Andrew’s experience spans corporate, consultingand education.Franceso Paolucci is Professor in Health Economics in theNewcastle Business School at The University ofNewcastle in Australia, and at the School of Economics,Management & Statistics, University of Bologna in Italy.A scholar and advisor, over the last decade he has published extensivelyin the areas of public policy, economics and management with a particularfocus on healthcare nationally and internationally. Some of his publishedwork includes one single authored book, three edited special issues inpeer reviewed journals and 55 academic peer-reviewed articles. In 2016 hereceived a ‘40under40’ Business News award in WA for his entrepreneurialand business leadership. Francesco is a permanent member of the RiskAdjustment Network, which is the leading network in health insurance andfinancing research and advisory globally, and the country representativefor Australia.Adam Stolz is a senior actuary with broad experience in healthinsurance, life insurance and retirement savings, inAustralia as well as internationally. Adam is currentlyDeputy Chief Actuary and General Manager Pricing atMedibank, and has previously worked with AIA and AXA in France and theUS. Adam has a passion for customer-orientated innovation in the healthand insurance sectors.Josefa Henriquez is an economist currently working at theUniversity of Bologna in Italy on the European Horizon2020 funded MCDS Therapy economic research group.She was formerly an advisor in the Minister’s Cabinet atthe Ministry of Health of Chile, where she focused on the development ofthe health insurance reform act. Josefa’s research has concentrated onhealth economics and she recently contributed to the publication of theChilean chapter of the book ‘Risk Adjustment, Risk Sharing and PremiumRegulation in Health Insurance Markets’ 2018, Elsevier.ABOUT THE ACTUARIES INSTITUTEAs the sole professional body for Members in Australia and overseas, the Actuaries Institute represents the interests of the profession to government, business and the community. Actuaries assess risks through long-term analyses, modelling and scenario planning across a wide range of business problems.This unrivalled expertise enables the profession to comment on a range of business-related issues including enterprise risk management and prudential regulation, retirement income policy, finance and investment, general insurance, life insurance and health financing.Find out more about actuarieshttps://www.actuaries.asn.auFollow the Institute of Actuaries on our social channels;LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/792645/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Actuaries-Institute/183337668450632Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ActuariesInstTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/ActuariesInst

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