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Consultants and Actuaries

Francois Pieterse, ASA, FCA, MAAA

Francois is a Senior Consultant located in GRS’ Southfield, Michigan office. He has 20 years of actuarial consulting experience. Francois works with statewide and municipal retirement plans in Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.

Francois is a member of the GRS Office of the Chief Actuary. In this capacity, he provides strategic thought leadership to public sector clients as well as ensuring that service is being provided at the highest level by all GRS employees.

Francois’ actuarial expertise incudes actuarial valuations, experience studies, retiree health care valuations, cost analyses of proposed plan changes, projection studies, and actuarial calculations for Domestic Relations Orders (DROs). In addition, Francois has extensive experience with present value calculations, retirement benefit calculations, and preparing annual benefit statements for system members.

Professional Designations
  • Associate, Society of Actuaries
  • Fellow, Conference of Consulting Actuaries
  • Member, American Academy of Actuaries

Francois is working towards the designation of Enrolled Actuary and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Actuarial Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa