Alain Peddle is a globally experienced healthcare actuary who has played a leading role in health and wellness product development, innovation and strategy for the Discovery group before moving to China in October 2015 as part of the Joint Venture between Pingan and Discovery. He has over 15 years’ leadership experience in rapidly growing health insurance businesses including both Discovery and Ping An Health. His current focus areas include the introduction and application of advanced predictive analytic techniques in health insurance and the development of innovative business practices to aid risk management, operations and new business. Alain’s education background includes the University of Cape Town, the Faculty of Actuaries in Edinburgh, the d:school at Stanford and the Saïd business school in Oxford.