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Scottish Board

The Scottish Board’s role is to:

  • represent the IFoA and its activities in Scotland
  • provide a focus for its members based in Scotland or who have strong links to Scotland

 

Purpose

Under Regulation 15 of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, the purpose of the Scottish Board is “to foster the actuarial community in Scotland”.

  • Responding to the needs of that actuarial community.
  • Promote, support and facilitate actuarial activities in Scotland.
  • For actuaries and students in Scotland to have a platform to continue to participate fully in the profession to benefit themselves, their clients and the wider financial community in Scotland.
  • The hope that, in turn, the contributions and influence of actuaries in Scotland will help raise the profile of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and serve the public interest more widely.

You can find out more in the Scottish Board in the IFoA’s governance manual.

 

Governance

The Scottish Board reports on its activities and progress to the IFoA Board.

 

Meeting information

The Scottish Board meets four times a year. Below you will find information about upcoming board meetings for the 2025 to 2026 sessional year.

Scheduled dates:

  • 2 December 2025
  • 3 March 2026
  • 3 June 2026

 

Events

For details on any upcoming Scottish events, please do regularly check our events calendar.

 

Scottish Board members

The Scottish Board is made up of:

  • the five members of Council representing the Scottish constituency
  • several co-opted members
  • Faculty of Actuaries Students’ Society (FASS) president
  • Glasgow Actuarial Students’ Society (GASS) president


Leader: Ian Sharpe
Deputy Leader: Mark Farmer
Council: Alan Rae
Council: Dermot Grenham
Council: Melanie Puri
Council: Philip Doggart
Council: Simon Jones
Co-opted member: Andrew Murphy
Co-opted member: Anne-Marie Pettie
Co-opted member: Charlotte Midford
Co-opted member: Claire Yule
Lay-member: Graeme Jones
Co-opted member: Jane Gormley
Co-opted member: Lewis Currie
Co-opted member: Nawazish Ali
Co-opted member: Rachel Binnie
Co-opted member: Rebecca Macdonald
Co-opted member: Royd Sheikh
Co-opted member: Saorlaith O'Neill
Co-opted member: Thomas Taylor
Co-opted member: Zoe McCrossan
FASS President: Jack Ferries
GASS President: Calum Deans

 

Executive support

Executive support for the Scottish Board is Wendy Pope, Communities Project Coordinator.

 

Contact us

For more information, please email the Scottish Board executive support at: scottish.board@actuaries.org.uk