Alex Thomson

Alex Thomson is the co-founder and CEO of Naked Insurance, leading the company’s overall strategy, product roadmap and execution, with a particular focus on technology, artificial intelligence, pricing, fundraising and capital management.

He qualified as an actuary through the Institute of Actuaries in London in 2000 and is a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa. He is also a CFA Charterholder. Before co-founding Naked in 2016, Alex worked at Swiss Reinsurance in Johannesburg, where he focused on capital optimisation solutions for South African life insurers, and later became a founding partner and Joint Managing Director of Quindiem Consulting.

Over the course of his career, Alex has advised many of the largest insurance groups in South Africa and across Africa. He pioneered the use of Dynamic Financial Analysis for South African insurers, helping companies strengthen reinsurance analysis, capital allocation, pricing, performance measurement and risk frameworks. From 2011 to 2016, he served as Head of Ernst & Young’s Africa Actuarial Services practice as part of EY’s EMEIA Insurance Advisory network, leading actuarial advisory, assurance and transaction work, including merger and acquisition due diligence.