Our History

Dataly Actuarial was established in 2019. At the start of our journey, we were a consulting firm providing actuarial and data analytics services for Australian and New Zealand Life Insurance, Reinsurance, Superannuation and Wealth Management companies. In 2025, we opened our Hong Kong branch to help support local Asian entities with their Actuarial and Data problems.

Our team expanded over time and our service offering now includes non-life insurance data analytics capabilities, beyond our traditional life insurance and wealth management offering. We are currently a team of over 20 actuarial and data specialists at various levels of experience and seek to continue to grow our dynamic actuarial and data consultancy.

At Dataly Actuarial, data has always been our passion. Our main goal is to help our clients solve a broad range of complex actuarial and data-related problems. We always strive to produce high quality outcomes for our valued clients by providing the right resources and capabilities, innovative, cost-effective solutions that are suited to their unique needs.

Leadership Team

Our Managing Directors have held senior corporate and consulting roles in small to large life insurance and reinsurance companies across the full spectrum of data and traditional actuarial work.

Our leadership team has a combined wealth of experience across diverse areas of expertise within Data Analytics as well as Risk and Wealth Management in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Data Experts

Celeste Vanderveer

Director

Celeste joined Dataly Actuarial in November 2021. She has extensive experience in reinsurance process and data projects, process improvement, system migration and client remediations, with core skills in process development, data integration, project and people leadership. Celeste led the Data Operations Team at Munich Reinsurance Australasia where she gained an in-depth exposure to all large Australian life insurer datasets across policy and claim domains.

Priyanka Patel-Cook

Associate Director

Priyanka joined Dataly Actuarial in March 2025. Priyanka is a strategic leader in data and AI, with extensive experience managing, advising, developing, and supporting enterprise-wide data driven solutions across New Zealand, Australia and Europe. Her experience spans multiple industries, with a focus on the financial services industry over the last few year working with large banks and insurers.


Cameron Dunn

Associate Director

Cameron joined Dataly Actuarial in January 2026. He is an experienced data professional with over 30 years of data engineering experience in the life insurance and reinsurance industries. With over 25 years experience dealing with the challenges in IT life insurance and reinsurance systems, Cameron is proficient in the areas of architecture, engineering, solutioning & data strategy. Skilled in dealing with IT and business stakeholders, Cameron thrives in solving client challenges.

Mariana Fernandez Cedillo

Principal Consultant

Mariana joined Dataly Actuarial in February 2024. She is an experienced actuary with over 16 years of technical knowledge gained globally in actuarial and analytics roles. With over 7 years in Munich Re, Mariana is proficient in the areas of business intelligence, experience analysis, valuation/pricing assumptions & insurance strategy. Passionate about delivering data-driven solutions and insights, while bridging the gap between technical expertise and business value.

Actuarial Experts

Michael Lip

Managing Director

Michael started Dataly Actuarial in July 2019 to pursue his passion of using data to make a difference, drawing on his experience leading actuarial and data teams across the life insurance and reinsurance sectors. Michael has held multiple business lead roles for system & data management and transformation projects, working with major insurance and reinsurance data & systems. With an actuarial and computer science background, Michael is well versed in bridging understanding and interactions between strategic, technical and operational work streams.

Sammy Liu

Managing Director

Sammy joined Dataly Actuarial in April 2021 with over 22 years of experience in the life insurance and superannuation industries including valuation and pricing across retail risk & group insurance products. Sammy also has project experience coordinating and leading finance and transformation engagements to implement changes to actuarial projection systems (Prophet), improvement and automation of actuarial processes, User Acceptance Testing of data and model changes.


Edward Tam

Director

Edward joined Dataly Actuarial in July 2024. He is a qualified Actuary with over 24 years of experience in life insurance and superannuation. A seasoned consultant, Edward brings extensive experience and technical expertise advising insurers and superannuation funds on a range of issues, including running fund and reinsurance tenders, reviewing assumptions, PAMs, premium rates and benefit designs, and conducting industry claims analyses.

Matthew Buckle

Director

Matthew is a Fellow of the Actuaries Institute and the Actuarial Society of South Africa with significant experience and technical expertise in valuation, capital management, & process improvement. He regularly shares thought leadership on key topics such as IFRS17 implementation and effective data communication & processes all while developing strong ongoing client relationships and building a strong people culture. Outside of work, he loves the outdoors with a passion for sailing & travelling.