Our People
Our team has an impressive mix of analytical expertise, strategic experience and commercial realism. We have many years of management appreciation across strategy, marketing, operations, technical, analytical and financial functions, as well as general management, drawn from senior client-side positions.
Quantium’s analytical resources include Fellows and Associates of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, including academic prize winners and medallists. We also have a number of MBAs and holders of honours degrees in the fields of Economics, Financial Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering.
Importantly all of our consultants, planners and analysts have a broad commercial understanding and an appreciation that insights are only valuable if they provoke positive strategic change; and that strategy is only valuable if it can be implemented, maintained and measured.
We are committed to supporting every client and assignment with senior members of the Quantium team. Additionally, we support projects with an appropriate mix of high quality consultants and analysts to deliver the best results within agreed time and budget parameters.
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Tony Davis - Director FCIM, DipM, AFAMI Tony Davis leads many of Quantium’s marketing, media and customer analytics programs and partnerships, contributing an understanding of the practical development and application of data-driven strategies within large companies. Joining Quantium soon after its foundation, he previously held senior positions with major brands in the UK and Australia, and has been at the forefront of using data to drive insight, accountable marketing investment and optimal business performance. Tony is a regular commentator on the marketing and media industry, with a key focus on how data convergence, marketing performance and the financial accountability of marketing (and marketers) across a wide range of industries, especially in a digital environment. Tony was the co-founder of London Business School’s Innovation Exchange, a forum for the sharing of best practices across industries, and more recently as Chairman of ADMA he helped re-engineer Australia’s biggest industry body.
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Adam Driussi - Director BEc FIAA F Fin Adam Driussi works closely with clients in a broad range of industries on issues such as pricing, competitor intelligence, media mix optimisation and customer value management. He speaks regularly on topics such as pricing and media optimisation, marketing analytics and using data to help inform strategy. Adam holds a Bachelor of Economics (Actuarial Studies), is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He has published a range of papers for actuarial conventions and has served as the Institute of Actuaries Chief Examiner in General Insurance. Prior to co-founding Quantium, Adam was a Partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu where he led the firm’s insurance pricing practice. |
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Greg Schneider - Director BSc AIAA Greg Schneider co-founded Quantium after creating and leading the customer analytics practice at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Greg holds a BSc in Statistics and Actuarial Science and is an Associate of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. With over 15 years of experience running the technical divisions in leading organisations, both in Australia and the UK, Greg brings a proven ability to embed sophisticated analytical solutions into day to day business operations. Greg has been at the forefront of applying actuarial techniques to marketing problems in many industries including banking, insurance, media, energy and health. |
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Tim Trumper - Board Advisor Tim Trumper is an advisor to the Quantium board of directors and plays a central role in the growth of Quantium. He also has an executive capacity in Quantium’s communications strategy business within Quantium Media Solutions. Tim’s career has been in large scale listed media and internet companies, running Time Warner's publishing operation in Australia and New Zealand, and was Commercial Director of PBL Media at the time of private equity buyout. Tim has held CEO roles and board positions in Australian internet ventures, and other private and listed companies. He is an entrepreneur with an absolute focus on the data landscape, and is an advisor to some of Australia’s most progressive companies. |
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Simon Smith – Director Quantium Online Simon Smith joined Quantium to found Quantium Online, focussing on helping clients to drive their online businesses. Simon led eBay from 2000 to 2008, establishing the business as Australia’s leading online shopping destination. Prior to eBay he was Director of Strategy and then Premium Brands Director for Lion Nathan and more recently Simon was Group General Manager for Pacific Brands' Homeware and Workwear Divisions. Prior to that he was with McKinsey and Company in London for seven years. He has an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD and an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge. |
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David Isaacs – Principal David Isaacs is a senior member of the Quantium team having joined the business at its inception. He both runs our Brisbane office and contributes to the running of the business generally, with a particular focus on advanced statistical modelling and risk analysis processes. David joined Quantium from Trowbridge Deloitte, originally graduating from The Australian National University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Pure Mathematics. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. David has experience in a wide range of industries including Insurance, Banking, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Utilities and Construction. His strong analytical, technical and commercial experience has led to the development of sophisticated modelling techniques used by many of our clients to enhance their business management and performance. |
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Karl Marshall – Principal Karl Marshall leads Quantium’s Insurance Risk Management (IRM) practice. He is a senior general insurance actuary and an Appointed Actuary. Before joining Quantium in 2007, Karl was Chief Actuary, General Insurance at Promina. Karl’s areas of expertise include reserving, capital management and modelling, reinsurance analytics & strategy, financial modelling & planning, risk management and pricing strategy. Karl regularly advises boards and senior management across a wide range of actuarial and strategic matters. Karl’s approach to client engagements is founded on a philosophy of deep client engagement, believing it to be key for achieving the best outcomes for our clients. |
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Mitchell Prevett – Principal Mitch leads many of Quantium’s Customer Analytics projects bringing extensive experience in statistical modeling and data mining. A big believer in practical analytics, he works closely with stakeholders across all disciplines to deliver recommendations which are clear and workable. Mitch also has deep experience in personal lines pricing and has worked closely with many of Australia’s leading insurance brands, which has taught him the importance of developing solutions which are analytically superior, commercially beneficial and operationally practical. Outside of insurance, he works on applying actuarial techniques in other industries and challenges across customer management, media optimisation and distribution strategy. Prior to joining Quantium, Mitch was with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was central in the development of their business intelligence practice. Mitch holds a Bachelor of Actuarial Studies with First Class Honours from the Australian National University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. |
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Caroline Stevenson – Principal Caroline Stevenson is a Principal of Quantium with over 10 years experience in the General Insurance and Analytical marketing industries and heads up Quantium’s Melbourne office. She is an expert in all aspects of personal lines pricing and price optimisation, having led the technical components of our first highly successful price optimisation project in 2006/2007. Additionally, Caroline has led numerous projects in areas such as media modelling (for both acquisition and pipeline conversion), segmentation, price optimisation, predictive modelling of customer behaviour, customer focused data analysis and data driven business strategy. Prior to joining Quantium, Caroline worked at QBE Commercial as the pricing manager for this business. Caroline graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts at the end of 1998. She qualified as an Actuary at the start of 2004, winning both the Prescott Prize for outstanding performance in the Fellowship examinations and the Katherine Robertson Prize for the General Insurance Subject in her final year. |
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Wade Tubman – Principal Wade Tubman is a Principal of Quantium with over 15 years actuarial experience covering business and customer analytics, and the modelling and management of value and risk. Wade is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, and is a regular presenter at conferences and industry forums. Since joining Quantium, Wade has developed a number of customer and business analytics solutions, particularly for data rich businesses, such as banks, insurers, telcos and loyalty programs. These focus on using data and analytical techniques to acquire, retain and engage customers. Prior to joining Quantium, Wade worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Director in the Financial Services Actuarial practice. At PwC Wade led a number of analytical initiatives in the Life and Wealth Management sector. |
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Stephen Wilson – Principal Stephen Wilson is a senior general insurance actuary and leads Quantium’s Commercial Insurance practice. He has over 20 years experience in the general insurance industry, working as a consultant for over 16 years and as the Actuary, Asia Pacific Zone for Chubb Insurance for nearly 5 years. Stephen has been the Appointed Actuary for 12 insurers in Australia and Singapore and has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial insurance including reserving, premium rating and product development, portfolio management, capital management, reinsurance strategy and risk management. At Chubb, Stephen was responsible for developing the actuarial department in Asia Pacific, reserving and pricing for all operations and Chairman of the Business Risk Committee for Australia. Pricing included individual contracts, schemes, portfolio rate reviews and rating systems for all lines. He worked with underwriters and executives to develop and evaluate business cases for new products, underwriting agencies and initiatives. |
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Chris Walton – Principal, Quantium Media Solutions Chris has a background of strategic media planning and heads up Quantium Media Solutions, our strategic media consultancy. He brings significant media and marketing expertise to the group, having previously worked at the marketing communications conglomerate WPP for 12 years. He teamed up with Quantium to launch Quantium Media Solutions in 2009 where he now holds the position of Principal. Previous positions include being CEO of media agencies Mindshare and Maxus in Australia and prior to that China. He has extensive experience across the APAC region having also been a regional director of Mindshare. Chris commenced his agency life as a Strategic Planner at Saatchi & Saatchi in London and has also worked at J. Walter Thompson (now JWT). Chris has worked in media for 20 years and has experience across all of the major product categories including Financial Services, IT & Computing, Sport, Travel, Automotive, FMCG and Luxury. He is passionate about understanding more about the effectiveness media has on driving sales and leveraging such insights for his clients’ benefit. |
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Simon Reid – Principal Simon Reid is a Principal of Quantium with extensive experience integrating analytical and business processes in complex commercial environments, with a particular focus on pricing. After joining Quantium at its inception, his industry experience ranges from financial services, telecommunications, industrial and retail. Simon has been instrumental in developing Quantium’s thought leadership in the media modelling and optimisation experience field, playing a key role in the development of our mediaqube planning system. Most recently, Simon has taken a lead role in supporting BOC to achieve enterprise wide price leadership, including leading the development of our Pricing Central application. |