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Paul Burnell, FSA, FCIA
Managing Director

Paul has worked in the pension industry since 1993. He has worked on all aspects of consulting related to pension plans including pension administration, funding, investment, plan design, plan wind-up, and mergers and divestitures. Paul has worked with many different types of pension plans, including both single-employer and multi-employer plans and plans in the public and private sectors.

Paul volunteers extensively with the Canadian Institute of Actuaries currently serving on the Practice Development Committee and Professional Conduct Board. In the past, he has served on the Institute’s Board of Directors.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree (majoring in Mathematics) from Dalhousie University and a Post Degree Diploma in Actuarial Science from the University of Waterloo. In 2004, Paul attained his Fellowship with both the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Paul joined Plenus Consultants in 2002 and became Plenus’ Managing Director in 2020.

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Doug Taylor, FSA, FCIA  
Senior Advisor

Doug Taylor has worked in the actuarial field since 1979. He began his career with various life insurance companies in Canada and the United States.  In 1989, Doug joined the Halifax office of The Wyatt Company (which was subsequently acquired by Eckler Partners Limited) as a consulting actuary. In 1990, he became a Fellow of both the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. In the summer of 1999, Doug founded a new actuarial services firm, Welton Beauchamp Atlantic Inc. (WBA), in partnership with Welton Beauchamp, Parent Inc. (now Welton Parent Inc.).  In the fall of 2002, WBA changed its operating name to Plenus Consultants.

During his consulting career, Doug has provided advice and given presentations to a broad range of clients, including:

  • senior level financial and human resource officers,

  • chief administrative/executive officers,

  • courts and arbitration hearings,

  • plan members (at all levels of education and responsibility) both in large groups and one-on-one,

  • provincial cabinet and the Premier

  • pension committees, and

  • boards of joint trustees.

Doug has been active within the actuarial profession, having served on the Society of Actuaries’ Examination and Education Committee and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries’ Task Force on Workers’ Compensation. He is past-chair of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries’ Committee on Workers’ Compensation.

 

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René Madden, ASA, ACIA
Senior Consultant

René joined Plenus in 2020 and has worked in the actuarial consulting and administration fields since 2013. Rene works with pension and benefit plans providing governance and funding solutions for public and private sector programs – including funding, administration, plan redesign, wind-ups, and annuity purchases. Additionally, Rene previously spent time working directly with a large Nova Scotia public sector pension plan developing its internal administration and actuarial operations as well as its trustee and membership communication strategies.

René currently serves on the board of directors of a Nova Scotia credit union and is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Yanhong (Julie) Li
Actuarial Analyst

Yanhong graduated from the University of Prince Edward Island in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science degree. She majored in Actuarial Science with a pre-professional specialization and completed minors in Statistics and Mathematics. Yanhong has successfully passed six of the Society of Actuaries exams and completed all the Validation by Educational Experience (VEE) courses. She is currently working towards her designations from the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. Yanhong joined Plenus in 2023.

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Libin (Mary) Liu
Actuarial Analyst

Mary graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree, with a double major in Statistics and Psychology, from Dalhousie University in 2017 and joined Plenus the same year. She has completed three of the Society of Actuaries exams, and all of the VEE courses and is working towards the Associate of the Society of Actuaries designation.