Andrew MacFarlane is Head of Climate at AXA XL, where he is responsible for the global climate strategy for AXA XL. This entails ensuring AXA XL’s climate-related efforts across all the areas of the business, insurance and reinsurance, are aligned towards furthering AXA XL’s sustainability ambitions and supporting AXA’s climate leadership.

Andrew has over 20 years of experience in the Property & Casualty Re/insurance industry both in London and Bermuda. Before taking on the Head of Climate role, Andrew led the Pricing & Analytics actuarial team across the Global Markets area for AXA XL Reinsurance covering Property, Casualty and Specialty lines.

Andrew holds an Honors degree in Actuarial Science and Statistics from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies.