LESLEY TRAVERSO
Managing Partner - International
D.W. Simpson Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
Suite 5, Level 6
66 Hunter Street
Sydney NSW 2000
T: +61 2 9226 7459
M: +61 433 129390
email: lesley dot traverso at dwsimpson dot com

Lesley entered the financial services market in the early 1980's, working for a major life insurance company in the UK. She carried out a variety of roles initially in life insurance sales then moved into management. Her career at the 'sharp end' of Life and Pensions sales continued until the early 1990's when she made a career change into Executive recruitment focusing initially on the Insurance market, but quickly learning that to focus on the interesting market niche of Actuarial recruitment was where her future lay.

Working in the UK in that capacity until 2000, she moved with her husband to Australia where, after learning about the market place in Australia and Asia, she established a joint venture business with DW Simpson of Chicago to serve the growing markets outside of the US and facilitate a true global recruitment network. Lesley now has responsibility for a team of specialist Actuarial recruitment consultants who cover territory between Europe, India, East Asia and Australia.

Lesley holds a degree in Business Studies from London Guildhall University, post-graduate qualifications in Human Resources and has recently completed a Master's degree in Asian Studies from the University of New South Wales, Australia, where her specialization was the insurance markets of India and China.

She has presented papers at the East Asian Actuarial Convention of 2005 “The future of the Actuarial Profession in India” and the Global Conference of Actuaries in Mumbai in 2006 “So, how many Actuaries does India need?”.