Matt Saker starts IFoA presidential term

Succeeds Louise Pryor

Hemma Visavadia
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The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has revealed that Matt Saker has begun his presidential term after taking over the role from Louise Pryor.

Saker, who has been part of the presidential team for the past year as president-elect, will be succeeded in that role by Kalpana Shah. The IFoA is a royal chartered, not-for-profit, professional body, members of the body have a statutory role in the supervision of pension funds and life insurance companies. They also have a statutory role to provide actuarial opinions for managing agents at Lloyd's of London. Saker brings with him 30 years' experience working as an actuary in the life and general insurance industry.   "Since qualifying as an actuary nearly 30 years ago, I have wat...

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