Ben Postance

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ABOUT BEN POSTANCE

Over 13 years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, and machine learning within the financial and insurance sectors- Head of Data Science at a leading commercial insurance organisation, driving AI and machine learning strategies for risk modelling, portfolio optimisation, and process automation. Experience delivering measurable ROI for data science and AI initiatives- Strategic leader in insurance risk modelling. Improved loss ratio\'s by up to 2.5% on a major class of business through use of data, risk selection and underwriting models- Developed and implemented data strategies to build robust data assets, leveraging open source, 3rd party, and Large Language Models (LLMs) to increase data points used for risk selection by 100%, enhancing predictive power and accuracy- Led AI governance initiatives to ensure ethical deployment of AI and machine learning technologies, aligning with industry standards and regulations- Successfully built and developed two high-performing data engineering and data science teams within leading commercial insurance organisations. Expertise in ML and AI systems design, governance, risk management, and leading data-driven transformation- Published research on the physical and economic impacts of natural hazards, contributing to EU-UK climate change policy through peril models and infrastructure resilience simulations.Check out my site: https://bpostance.github.io/about/Skills: python, SQL, azure, gcp, databricks, snowflake, GitHub, kubernetes, helm, terraform, flask, LLMs,