Financial Services
Meet our Financial Services Team

Adrian McGarva
Managing Director

Adrian McGarva
Managing Director
Adrian qualified as an actuary in both Australia and the UK, and has extensive experience within the general insurance, reinsurance and corporate finance industries in Australia, the UK, and Switzerland.
Adrian has over 25 years’ experience, including seven years as the Chief Actuary of a global insurance and reinsurance group where he was responsible for the pricing, reserving, and capital adequacy functions as well as providing significant input into underwriting and business strategy.
He has been the Managing Director of PFS Consulting since early 2020 after 8 years as a Principal.
Speak to Adrian about anything to do with actuarial and insurance matters, finance, running, snowboarding or twins.
- Phone:(02) 9225 6100
- Email:adrianmcGarva@pfsconsulting.com.au

Jayesh Bhana
COO & Director

Jayesh Bhana
COO & Director
ayesh Bhana is an Actuary and Risk Management professional with a broad and diverse background in the financial services sectors across both banking and insurance in Australia and South Africa. He has worked across a range of critical areas, with deep expertise in financial modelling, reserving, capital management, risk management, pricing, and product development, particularly within the life and general insurance industries. His consulting experience spans both technical actuarial functions and strategic business challenges, enabling him to advise on comprehensive solutions tailored to industry needs.
In addition to traditional actuarial roles, he is also a specialist in emerging and non-traditional areas such as climate-related financial disclosures, risk governance frameworks, and actuarial and finance transformations. He has led initiatives on claim remediations, business process improvements, and regulatory compliance, ensuring that businesses not only meet their current obligations but are positioned to thrive in a rapidly evolving risk landscape. His breadth of experience enables him to drive strategic outcomes for organisations looking to strengthen their resilience, efficiency, and compliance with new reporting standards and governance expectations.
Speak to Jayesh about modelling, valuations, implementation of actuarial processes, cricket, soccer and ultra-marathon running.
- Phone:(02) 9225 6100
- Email:jayeshbhana@pfsconsulting.com.au

Madeleine Mattera
Practice Leader

Madeleine Mattera
Practice Leader
Madeleine is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Auditor with over 35 years’ experience covering the entire Australian financial services industry and global FS clients.
She was National Practice Leader for Financial Services for Grant Thornton for 7 years and has held roles in KPMG & EY as a Financial Services Partner for an additional 10 years.
Madeleine specialises in Risk Advisory Services, Internal Audit Services (outsource & co-source) and acting as Chief Risk Officer or Chief Audit Executive.
- Phone:(02) 9225 6100
- Email:madeleinemattera@pfsconsulting.com.au

Ian Laughlin
Principal

Ian Laughlin
Principal
Ian has had a long career in financial services senior management and board roles, in Australia, the UK, New Zealand and Hong Kong.
He was Managing Director of Pearl, London Life and NPI in the UK, at a time of major upheaval. Until recently, he chaired the boards of OnePath Life, and OnePath General Insurance. Prior to mid 2015, he was Deputy Chairman of APRA, the prudential regulator of banks, insurance companies and superannuation funds.
He has a deep interest in risk management and risk culture. In recent years, he has had a particular interest in the impact of social attitudes and norms on risks for financial services businesses.
- Phone:(02) 9225 6100
- Email:ianlaughlin@pfsconsulting.com.au

Jane Byrne
Director

Jane Byrne
Director
Jane is an experienced governance and risk management professional who has worked at senior executive and Board level in public, private and government businesses. She is committed to helping superannuation Trustees and other Directors improve their governance, and their management of strategy and risk.
Jane’s expertise includes general management, corporate governance, strategic planning, risk management, audit, and legal management. She is also a non-executive director on a not-for-profit board.
Speak to Jane about governance and risk, crime fiction and the Sydney theatre scene.
- Phone:(02) 9225 6100
- Email:janebyrne@pfsconsulting.com.au

Daniel Frank
Senior Consultant

Daniel Frank
Senior Consultant
A business owner and serial entrepreneur, Daniel understands that taking and managing risk is fundamental to business success. He advises organisations on the best ways to develop robust, commercial risk management frameworks and how to navigate compliance challenges. He has worked with banks, superannuation funds, insurers and AFS licensees as well as with APRA. He has broad experience including APRA and AFS licence applications, developing and reviewing policies and procedures, facilitating training, and undertaking reviews and updates of compliance and risk management frameworks. He also assists clients prepare for, and respond to, regulatory reviews.
- Phone:(02) 9225 6100
- Email:danielfrank@pfsconsulting.com.au
Assisting Entities Across Financial Services
PFS bring our wide ranging actuarial, risk, finance and governance expertise to provide insight and oversight across financial services sector with a particular focus on banking, insurance and superannuation.
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Global speciality lines insurance group
PFS have project managed the Australian insurance license application of a global specialty lines insurer. We combined our expertise across local regulatory requirements, insurance, risk management, capital, actuarial, audit and governance to help finalise their business plan, assess the internal business case and work through the APRA licensing process.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
PFS undertook a review of insurance supervisory settings in response to the introduction of IFRS17 for the NZ General Insurance sector
Integration of purchased life insurer
PFS have project managed the integration of a small Australian life insurer purchased by another APRA-licensed life insurer. We combined our expertise across local regulatory requirements, actuarial valuation and insurance knowledge, risk management, capital, audit and governance to help manage the integration and licensing requirements.
Valuation of Long term incentives for an ASX10 client
PFS undertakes the valuation of a complex range of Long Term Incentive (LTI) benefits granted by the Company to its executives. In addition, PFS provides final and interim monitoring reports to the Remuneration Committee. These reports keep the company up-to-date on the progress of market-based performance hurdles and give shareholders peace of mind that the assessments are calculated independently and using industry accepted methodologies under AASB2..
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Core Strengths
PFS combined our broad actuarial and risk knowledge across a wide range of financial services companies.
- Product design
- Pricing and underwriting
- Strategic positioning and distribution
- Capital requirements
- Liability valuation
- Risk management
- Executive remuneration valuations
- APRA and AFSL Licensing
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