Nadine van de Walt

Nadine is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and earned her PhD in Actuarial Science from the University of Pretoria. She heads the Technical Development at Riskscape, a geospatial and actuarial solutions firm specializing in risk assessment, climate modelling, and financial analytics powered by high-definition spatial data. With over more than a decade of actuarial research experience and extensive practical experience in risk and finance, she has developed industry-leading tools, including Riskscape’s climate risk products for evaluating physical risks on property level. She is co-developer of the Actuarial Society of South Africa’s official Climate Index, a groundbreaking industry initiative that allows practitioners to assess the effect of climate anomalies on their businesses.