Age: 34
Clare Barley is one of the youngest CROs in the London market and the youngest board member in Asta’s history. She worked as an actuarial consultant for eight years before joining Asta’s risk team in 2014 as a risk manager. Six months later, Barley was promoted to deputy chief risk officer, before finally becoming chief risk officer in 2016.
As an ambitious and talented actuary, Barley has found success through combining exceptional technical understanding with the ability to build in-depth relationships with clients. She has worked across all areas of risk management at Asta, with particular focus on the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment process and internal model validation. She currently oversees and mentors a team of four, and is responsible for managing and developing Asta’s integrated risk framework and functions, as well as its nine managed syndicates.
Barley is chair of the Actuarial Profession Emerging Risk Working Party and is currently producing a paper for the profession, designing a pragmatic framework for managing emerging risks.
