Karen Reed FSA, FCIA
Principal
Eckler
An Eckler Principal and senior actuarial consultant, Karen has more than 20 years of pension consulting experience. She’s an expert in the design and oversight of corporate and multi-employer pension plans across a broad range of industries and jurisdictions. Karen’s expertise includes strategic risk management for pensions. Using real-time modelling and projection tools, she helps stakeholders understand the key factors impacting the long-term sustainability of their pension plans. Karen is also involved in managing Eckler’s pension administration practice, giving her a deep understanding of the day-to-day operations of a pension plan, member communications, and pension legislation across the country. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Karen is a Fellow of both the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries. She remains active within the pension community through speaking engagements and producing educational materials and programs. She contributed to the current edition of the International Foundation’s Employee Benefits in Canada book and is an instructor for their Advanced Trust Management Standards program. | |
Josh Ingram FSA, FCIA
Director, Pension
Eckler
Josh has been a member of Eckler’s pension practice since 2009 and has worked exclusively on trusteed target benefit multi-employer and jointly sponsored pension plans from different sectors and jurisdictions across Canada. He advises on all plan matters including governance, design, funding, administration, and risk management. He is passionate about the target benefit plan framework as a sustainable vehicle to help provide retirement income security for all Canadians. Josh serves as the Chair of both Eckler’s Valuation Committee and Eckler’s Actuaries’ Meetings. He participated in the Canadian Institute of Actuaries’ Canadian Pensioner Mortality Study and prepared industry-leading mortality studies for the construction industry in Canada. He believes Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is critical to the future of the actuarial profession, and he holds the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA) designation with the CERA Global Association through the Society of Actuaries. Josh is an expert in funding and benefit policy, and he continues to pursue interests in longevity, financial and risk modelling, and developments in plan design and governance around the world. Josh holds an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics degree in Statistics from the University of Waterloo. He is a Fellow of both the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA) and the Society of Actuaries (FSA). |