Council is led by the President, who is the Chair of Council. The Presidential term is two years, and every second year, the President is joined by a President-elect, who fulfils that role for one year until succeeding as President. Council members are elected by the Fellows, Honorary Fellows and Associates of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA).
Council has 30 elected seats, divided into 2 constituencies: the General and Scottish constituencies.
Members of the IFoA belong only to one constituency.
The number of Council members representing the 2 constituencies is set in accordance with Bye-law 21 of the IFoA’s constitution. At present, there are 24 and 6 seats representing the General and Scottish constituencies respectively.
Council may also co-opt up to 3 additional members, as prescribed in the IFoA’s Regulations, to cover particular circumstances. Paul Sweeting, the President, was co-opted onto Council from the date of the 2024 AGM in accordance with Regulation 4.
Elected members of Council will normally serve a 3-year term, after which they will be required to stand down. A member of Council may stand for re-election but may only serve a maximum of 2 consecutive terms before being required to retire for at least a year.
More information on standing for election to Council, voting in Council elections, and the relevance and implications of the 2 constituencies, can be found in this Q&A document (PDF, 200 KB).
2026-2027 sessional year
The members of Council for the 2026-2027 sessional year are:
Oliver Bettis FIA C.Act
Kimberly Chimsasa-Phirie FIA C.Act
Suri Devereaux FIA C.Act
Akshay Dhand FIA C.Act
Philip Doggart FFA C.Act*
William Diffey FIA
Matthew Edwards FIA
Matthew Ford FIA C.Act
Norbert Fullerton FIA C.Act
Riekie Gordon FIA C.Act
Dermot Grenham FIA C.Act*
Clara Hughes FIA C.Act
Jyotsna Kaushik FIA C.Act
Mohammad Khan FIA
Tom Kenny FIA C.Act
Cathy Lyn FIA
Felix Mantz FIA
Christopher Martis FIA C.Act*
Hugh McNeill FIA C.Act
Kholeka Seluleko Mdluli FIA C.Act
Janet Moss FIA
Matthew Pearlman FIA C.Act
Bobby Riddaway FIA C.Act
David Shaffer FIA
Malcolm Slee FIA C.Act
Paul Sweeting FIA C.Act
Alex Waite FIA C.Act
Stephen Wilcox FIA C.Act
Mark Williams FIA C.Act
Masimba Zata FIA C.Act
*Member of the Scottish constituency