Pedro Écija Serrano

I am a statistician and qualified actuary with more than 25 years of experience in insurance, holding senior and leadership roles. I have worked for companies such as KPMG, Grant Thornton, AXA, Aviva, and AIG in Spain, the UK, and Ireland. I am a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland, and a member of the Instituto de Actuarios Españoles (Spanish Institute of Actuaries).

I provide advice on actuarial, risk management, and artificial intelligence topics to senior leaders and Boards of Directors. I deliver practical recommendations tailored to my clients, as well as independent thought and unique insights.

I develop long term relationships with my clients, growing together, and delivering transformational advice with long term impact.

pedro.ecija@gmail.com
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/pedro-ecija-serrano-227484a

I am available for

  • INED roles.
  • Fractional leadership.
  • Actuarial, and risk management advisory.
  • Senior advisory on AI strategy, governance, risk management, and ethics.
  • Retainer arrangements.
  • Delivery of workshops on AI and machine learning topics.
  • Speaking engagements.

Highlighted credentials

Advice and delivery

  • Provided advice to a market leading insurance company on AI strategy, governance, and risk management.
  • Supported an insurance company with digital transformation.
  • Advised a market leading insurer on the reorganisation of their AI and data science team.
  • Carried out independent reviews on behalf of insurance supervisors.
  • Provided advice on the supervision of AI and machine learning to insurance regulators.
  • Consulted on AI and data science education by professional associations.
  • Provided advice to a financial services company on using machine learning for fraud prevention.
  • Developed machine learning models for insurance large loss reserving.
  • Used machine learning to increase cross-selling and up-selling in financial services.
  • Developed machine learning models for better customer retention.
  • Provided strategic advice to FinTech and InsurTech startups.

Training

  • Briefed insurance C-suite and Boards of Directors on AI topics.
  • AI training for Boards of Directors in financial services.
  • Workshops on machine learning innovation.
  • Workshops on AI governance, ethics, and risk management.
  • Seminars on Generative AI use cases for insurance companies.
  • Ethics training for students at the PAT Business School.
  • Advanced statistical modelling and machine learning for FinTech startups.

Volunteering

  • INED for an Irish NGO.
  • Co-Chair in EIOPA’s Consultative Expert Group on Data Use in Insurance (2025 – present)
  • Member of the Spanish Institute of Actuaries AI Observatory (2025 – present)
  • Member of the Actuarial Association of Europe’s AI and Data Science Working Group (2022 – present)
  • Member of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland AI and Data Science Committee (2024 – present)
  • Co-Founder of Dublin Data Science MeetUp (2018 – present)
  • Member of the judging panel in AI Awards Ireland (2024 – 2025)
  • Chair of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland AI and Data Science Committee (2017 – 2023)
  • Chair of the Governance working stream at EIOPA’s Consultative Expert Group in Digital Ethics (2019 – 2021) https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/system/files/2021-06/eiopa-ai-governance-principles-june-2021.pdf
  • Chair of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland R Working Group (2017 – 2018)
  • Member of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland Wider Fields Committee (2016 – 2018)
  • Member of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland Healthcare Committee (2015 – 2016)

Testimonials

“Pedro initiated Grant Thornton’s actuarial practice, using his strong technical expertise, which covers a wide range of topics, and his entrepreneurial spirit. He then successfully led the team and grew the business; developing strong relationships with clients and colleagues alike.” Steve Tennant, Managing Partner at Grant Thornton Ireland and CEO for EMEA at Grant Thornton Advisors

“I worked with Pedro in EIOPA’s Consultative Expert Group in Digital Ethics, where he chaired the governance workstream. He led that group effectively, balancing the conflicting goals of different stakeholders and successfully managed to find compromises amongst them. He provided expert knowledge on governance and ethical issues on AI, and his combination of technical and market knowledge together with his leadership skills were an asset to the expert group.” Julián Arévalo, Senior Expert on Financial Innovation at EIOPA

Selected past speaking engagements

  • 2026 Insurance Ireland and Milliman’s Chief Risk Officer Forum, Panel discussion on “Enabling AI, through the lens of double materiality” (Apr 2026)
  • “Ethics of AI in Insurance” organised by the Insurance Institute of Ireland, Central Bank of Ireland, Society of Actuaries in Ireland, and Insurance Ireland (Feb 2026)
  • CERAVISION, “The AI risks that no one is talking about”, organised by the CERA Global Association (Oct 2025) https://actuview.com/videos/ai-risks-that-no-one-talks-about-4878
  • XXVI Argentinean and Spanish Actuarial Conference, “The AI risks that no one is talking about” (Oct 2025)
  • Society of Actuaries in Ireland’s ERM Perspectives Conference, “The AI risks that no one is talking about” (Jun 2025)
  • Ethics in Data Science for the Society of Actuaries Professionalism Event (May 2025)
  • 2024 Society of Actuaries’ Annual Convention, “Dissecting explainable AI” (Nov 2024)
  • Society of Actuaries’ Data Science Forum, panel discussion on AI (Jun 2024)
  • Dublin Data Science, “AI Ethics and Regulation: the things you did not know you need to know” (Nov 2023)
  • 2023 Society of Actuaries in Ireland Annual Convention “Productionising R and Python Models” (Oct 2023)
  • “Ethics in the Use of AI”, Society of Actuaries Professionalism Event (Jul 2023)
  • Society of Actuaries’ Life Reinsurance Innovation Forum, “Panel Discussion on Ethical Use of Data in Consumer Outcomes” (Apr 2023) https://actuview.com/videos/life-re-forum-innovation-series-part-1-a-panel-discussion-on-the-ethical-use-of-data-in-consumer-outcomes-3041
  • Society of Actuaries’ General Insurance Pricing Series, “Ethics in Pricing” (Jul 2022) https://actuview.com/videos/non-life-pricing-seminar-part-2-1170
  • UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries GIRO conference,“Predictive Analytics for Customer Targeting – A Banking Telemarketing Example” (Oct 2017)
  • “Predictive Modelling for Customer Targeting – A Banking Example“, Society of Actuaries in Ireland (Feb 2017)
  • Future of Insurance Summit “How do Insurers Convert Data to Value?”, (Nov 2016)
  • “Predictive Analytics for Customer Targeting – A Banking Telemarketing Example”, Dublin R (Apr 2016)