Team

Douglas is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Club Vita, specializing in applying modern data science techniques to innovate in longevity and mortality risk management. Douglas has a background in pension consulting in which he has over 30 years of experience leading to the creation of Club Vita to solve many of the problems he encountered with his clients.

Steven is Club Vita’s chief data scientist and is the driver of our serial innovation. He leads our product development and delivery through research and innovation with a multi-disciplinary team analyzing predictors and emerging trends of mortality rates and the implications of longevity risk for pension plans and insurers. ​He is passionate about the longevity market, having worked on many innovative transactions including the first UK pension plan longevity swap to leverage a sponsor owned insurance vehicle. ​

Erik leads the dissemination of Club Vita’s insights and analytics. He began his career as a mathematician, working at a number of universities around Europe, while moonlighting as a part time street performer. He transitioned to the world of actuarial science in 2011, retaining his passion for engaging communication, training first as a pensions actuary with Mercer and Hymans Robertson and later specializing in longevity analytics with Club Vita.

Carmen leads the delivery of longevity analytics and insights to our US pension plan Club members. Carmen joined the team in 2022 bringing with him a wealth of experience from nearly ten years of pension consulting with Aon, focusing on support for pension plans with a variety of actuarial projects, and local business development.

Natalie is a life actuary with over 20 years of experience. She spent the first 10 plus years of her career in the UK, and the most recent 11 have been in the US. Natalie joined Club Vita in 2023 as head of business development; before that she was a client manager at Swiss Re looking after some of the largest Global clients. She has also worked in EY’s actuarial life practice and started her actuarial training with AXA. Natalie lives in Brooklyn, New York, and in her spare time, she's an avid runner and has completed multiple marathons.

Nikiya is the Club Vita US Data Operations Lead, a role in which she leads Club Members through the onboarding and reporting process. Nikiya is a seasoned pension/pension risk transfer manager with over 15 years experience within Defined Benefits administration and risk transfer solutions. In her prior role as a Pension Risk Transfer Manager, she managed the process of plan sponsor buyouts/lift-outs for within the PRT market.

Shantel joined Club Vita in January 2021 to focus on supporting Club Vita’s Canadian and international research initiatives through longevity modelling and experience analysis work. Shantel has a diverse actuarial and statistical background with over 5 years of pension, insurance, and reinsurance experience and has published a number of actuarial research papers. She started her career in pension administration in Jamaica before moving to Canada in 2015, achieving a master’s degree from the University of Waterloo, and then spearheading longevity analytics and research at RBC Insurance to support the pricing of annuity reinsurance contracts​.

Suhasini is Head of Risk and Compliance. Suhasini brings deep knowledge of DB pension data and actuarial valuation software to the team, with over 10 years of DB pension industry experience working with plans in Canada, Germany and the US.

As a Marketing Assistant, Samantha engages with Club Vita’s community through the company’s website, social media, and emails. Samantha also coordinates with the team to ensure that Club Vita remains top of mind when it comes to longevity risk analysis including appearances at events and conference. Samantha has a background in digital marketing and event management. When not researching marketing trends, you can find Samantha crocheting or building a Lego set.