Pedro Écija Serrano

I am a statistician and qualified actuary with more than 25 years of experience in insurance. I have worked for companies such as KPMG, Grant Thornton, AXA, Aviva, and AIG in Spain, 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 in financial services. I deliver practical recommendations tailored to my clients, coupled with independent, unique insights.

I develop long term relationships with my clients, to grow together and be in the best position to deliver 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.
  • Senior AI, actuarial, and risk management advisory.
  • Strategic advisory on AI strategy, governance, risk management, and ethics.
  • Retainer arrangements.
  • Delivery of workshops on AI and machine learning topics.
  • Speaking engagements.

Highlighted credentials

  • Provided advice to an Irish market leading insurance company on AI strategy, governance, and risk management.
  • Led an Irish insurer’s risk dashboard digital transformation.
  • Advised a market leading Irish insurer on the reorganisation of their AI and data science team.
  • Carried out independent reviews for insurance supervisors.
  • Provided advice on the supervision of AI and machine learning to insurance regulators.
  • Provided advice on AI and data science education for professional associations.
  • Provided advice to an Irish financial services company on using machine learning for fraud prevention.
  • Supported a UK insurance company on the use of machine learning for the modelling of large losses.
  • Used machine learning to increase cross-selling and up-selling in financial services.
  • Developed machine learning models for lapse estimation in insurance.
  • Provided strategic advice to InsurTech startups.

  • Served as INED for an Irish NGO.
  • Briefed insurance C-suite and Boards of Directors on AI topics.
  • Delivered AI training to Boards of Directors in financial services.
  • Led workshops on machine learning innovation for insurance companies and professional associations.
  • Provided AI governance, ethics, and risk management workshops for insurance companies.
  • Delivered seminars on Generative AI use cases for insurance companies.
  • Delivered Ethics course for the PAT Business School.
  • Provided training on advanced statistical modelling and machine learning for FinTech startups.

  • Co-Chair in EIOPA’s Consultative Expert Group on Data Use in Insurance (2025 – present)
  • Member of the Spanish Institute of Actuaries Artificial Intelligence 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)
  • Judge 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)
  • 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” (16/4/2026)
  • “Ethics of AI in Insurance” organised by the Insurance Institute of Ireland, Central Bank of Ireland, Society of Actuaries in Ireland, and Insurance Ireland (3/2/2026)
  • CERAVISION, “The risks that no one is talking about”, organised by the CERA Global Association (25/10/2025) https://actuview.com/videos/ai-risks-that-no-one-talks-about-4878
  • XXVI Argentinean and Spanish Actuarial Conference, “The risks that no one is talking about” (1/10/2025)
  • Society of Actuaries in Ireland’s ERM Perspectives Conference, “The risks that no one is talking about” (18/6/2025)
  • Ethics in Data Science for the Society of Actuaries Professionalism Event (29/5/2025)
  • 2024 Society of Actuaries’ Annual Convention, “Dissecting explainable AI” (15/11/2024)
  • Society of Actuaries’ Data Science Forum, panel discussion on AI (13/6/2024)
  • Dublin Data Science, “AI Ethics and Regulation: the things you did not know you need to know” (1/11/2023)
  • 2023 Society of Actuaries in Ireland Annual Convention “Productionising R and Python Models” (27/10/2023)
  • “Ethics in the Use of AI”, Society of Actuaries Professionalism Event: 25/7/2023
  • Society of Actuaries’ Life Reinsurance Innovation Forum, “Panel Discussion on Ethical Use of Data in Consumer Outcomes” (17/4/2023) 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” (13/7/2022) 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” (18/10/2017)
  • “Predictive Modelling for Customer Targeting – A Banking Example“, Society of Actuaries in Ireland 23/2/2017
  • Future of Insurance Summit “How do Insurers Convert Data to Value?”, (18/11/2016)
  • “Predictive Analytics for Customer Targeting – A Banking Telemarketing Example”, Dublin R (20/4/2016)