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Jaq Kennedy
Jaq Kennedy has spent her career trying to veer as much towards Excel and as far away from ‘real work’ as she can. With an impressive 23-year track record in the actuarial departments of leading insurance providers in Europe and the UK, predominantly as a contractor, she remains steadfast in her unconventional mission.
Although a relative latecomer to the competitive Excel arena— only due to the fact she didn’t know it existed —Jaq now thrives on enhancing her skills, hoping to challenge the titans of this domain. Recently, she has embraced the digital realm, sharing her experiences and enthusiasm for the sport through such diverse media as Twitch, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
Chat to her about Excel, yarn, or cats and you’ll have a friend for life.
OTHER SPEAKERS
Acquisition, capital raise, project finance and corporate lending professional. Has MSc in civil engineering & construction, and project & structured finance.
An independent mining engineer and a university lecturer in Mining Engineering.
Practice Lead for Governance, Adoption and Change Management, SoftwareOne North America
Founder of The Golden Company. FMWC 2022 and 2023 Champion. Ex Wall Street quant.
Previously worked as actuary in PwC and Taylor Fry. Five times ModelOff finalist and one time bronze medalist. Two time MEWC finalist.
Worked at Operis for 2 years together with Michael Jarman. Active FMWC and MEWC participant. Part of the case design team. Currently pursuing an MSc. in Mathematics and Statistics.
Contractor with an impressive 23-year track record in the actuarial departments of leading insurance providers in Europe and the UK.
Road to Las Vegas and MEWC cases' author, Consultant at Oliver Wyman
Award-winning author in analytics, data science, and data visualization. 11-time Microsoft MVP Award winner
Founder & CEO of Financial Modeling World Cup. Financial Modeling World Championship 2-time finalist
25-time Excel MVP Award winner, author of 5 Excel books, Excel user since version 0.99
Executive Director at Financial Modeling Institute. Chartered Financial Modeler
Founder of The FP&A Guy. Providing world-class content and training for FP&A and Finance Professionals
Founder of Vertex42.com. Spreadsheet template developer since 2003
Financial Modeling World Championship runner-up 2012. Head of ModelOff Case Design Team 2013-2019
Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge founder. Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Arizona. Financial Modeling World Championship finalist
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