MFI Student
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Areas of Interest
- KNUST Actuarial Club - Vice President
- UofT Intramurals Volleyball
- Ghana United Nations Student Association: Member
Biography
Maarouf is a meticulous and energetic person with a keen sense of observation. He is a quick learner with hands-on experience in using machine learning models, data analysis in Python, Power BI and Excel. He is particularly interested in Blockchain and Fintech with also some experience in web development.
Experience
Project: MFI Summer Project, UofT
Premium Pricing and Reserves Profit Analysis, Jun. 2023 - Sep. 2023
- Developed a pricing strategy for a new whole life insurance product considering factors such as mortality rates, interest rates, & operational expenses.
- Provided monthly predictions for the benefit reserves of the company over a five-year horizon, accounting for policy premiums, mortality benefits, & operational expenses.
CEQA Foods & Beverages Limited, Accra, Ghana
Data Analyst - Intern, Dec. 2022 - Jan. 2023
- Designed & developed dynamic visualization dashboards using Power BI to generate weekly reports.
- Spearheaded the automation of file retrieval processes from servers, demonstrating strong technical proficiency in Python for seamless data extraction & manipulation significantly reducing manual workload.
Kleros – Web3 Space
Blockchain Explorer - Freelance, Nov. 2022
- Using web scraping techniques to extract Ethereum contract addresses especially from GitHub.
- Mapping contracts addresses to their respective domain or subdomain submitted in JSON format.
Government of Ghana, Central Region, Ghana
Human Resources Department Intern, Nov. 2022
- Played a pivotal role in coordinating & facilitating local government training workshops.
Skills
- Technical: Python
- Excel
- Power BI
- AXIS
- Microsoft 365
Professional Certificates & Awards
- Society of Actuaries
- P (Probability)
- FM (Financial Mathematics)
Education
Mastercard Foundation Scholar, Master of Financial Insurance, University of Toronto, 2023 - 2024
BSc (First Class Honours), Actuarial Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science& Technology (KNUST), 2019
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