Francisco J. Orduña
Vice President & Actuary | Life Insurance Executive | Actuarial Leadership & Risk Management
- Role
- Vice President & Actuary at American National
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Francisco J. Orduña
As an accomplished insurance executive with more than seventeen years of experience leading actuarial, risk management, and strategic initiatives, I bring deep expertise across enterprise financial and capital management. I guide insurers in executing disciplined strategies that enhance competitive advantage, mitigate undercompensated risks, and improve operational performance.Throughout my career, I have led enterprise initiatives for life and annuity insurers across asset-liability management, hedging, enterprise risk management, financial reporting, and large-scale transformation. My work has supported capital optimization, balance sheet resilience, and strategic de-risking in complex regulatory and market environments. An award-winning author and recognized thought leader, I have contributed to multiple publications on financial risk, longevity risk, and corporate strategy, helping shape industry dialogue on the future of life insurance and retirment solutions.I hold an MBA from Columbia Business School and am a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.Areas of Expertise:Vision, Strategy & Growth | Business Development | Strategic Negotiations | Organizational Leadership | Quantitative Analysis | C-Suite Communications | Stakeholder Alignment | Research and Development | Cross-functional Collaboration | Corporate Actuarial | Risk Management | Asset-Liability Management | Hedging | Capital Management | Innovation & Transformation | Financial Reporting | Inforce Management | Operating Models | Corporate Strategy | Variable Annuities | Indexed Annuities | Fixed Annuities | Traditional Life Insurance | Universal Life Insurance | Pension Risk Transfer | Structured Settlements | Financial Modeling | Stress Testing | Risk Appetite | Market Risk | Liquidity Risk | Credit Risk | Operational Risk | Model Validation | Model Testing | Capital Budgeting | Financial Planning and Analysis
Experience
Vice President & Actuary
Apr 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Leading actuarial transformation for American National, a Brookfield Wealth Solutions company and part of a global insurance and wealth management platform with >$150B in assets under management. American National, with >$30B in assets, is a key component of Brookfield\'s life and annuity insurance strategy.In this role, I have directed enterprise initiatives including the establishment of our Funding Agreement line of business that issued >$2B in liabilities in its inaugural year; and lead actuarial modernization efforts across Brookfield Wealth Solutions\' insurance subsidiaries, including the implementation of principles-based reserves for non-variable annuities (VM-22).
Education
Columbia Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2020 — 2022
University of Waterloo
Exchange Program, Actuarial Science
2006
Universidad de las Américas Puebla
BSc, Actuarial Science
2004 — 2008
Skills
- Actuarial Science
- Alm
- Financial Risk
- Vba
- Risk Management
- Statistics
- Programming
- Life Insurance
- Valuation
- Financial Services
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Reinsurance
- Solvency Ii
- Pensions
- Actuarial Consulting
- Insurance
- Quantitative Finance
- Embedded Value
- Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Employee Benefits
- Analytical Skills
- Visual Basic for Applications (Vba)
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