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Mark Tinsley FIA

Principal and Senior Consulting Actuary
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Mark advises trustees of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. He provides actuarial, consultancy and strategic advice on a wide variety of issues to enable clients to understand and effectively manage their pension scheme risks.

He acts as support actuary and primary contact on a range of clients, the largest being a £2.3bn scheme. He is also a member of both Barnett Waddingham’s Pensions Actuarial Technical Committee and Pensions Actuarial Systems Group. These committees consider important topical actuarial issues, and produce business wide guidance and tools.

Mark advises trustee clients and sponsors on scheme funding and valuations. He provides long-term funding target and de-risking advice. In addition to technical business wide guidance on a range of issues, including setting actuarial factors. He also advises on setting mortality assumptions, including undertaking a range of longevity analyses.

Significant experience:

  • Advising on the merger of two c. £1bn schemes
  • Advising on asset-backed contribution arrangements in a scheme funding context
  • Working with investment advisers to develop ‘journey plan’ frameworks

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Career

Mark joined Barnett Waddingham and the actuarial profession in 2011, after graduating from the University of Warwick with a master’s degree in Mathematics earlier that year. He qualified as an actuary in 2015.

Mark became a Principal at Barnett Waddingham in 2022. 

Membership

  • Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
  • Association of Consulting Actuaries

Interests

While he used to be a keen poker player in university, he now likes to spend his free time playing board games with friends and family. A lover of Italian food, Mark enjoys making (and eating!) his own pasta. Not forgetting being an avid Liverpool fan, with a season ticket in the Kop.