Our impact
Find out how the IFoA Foundation is changing lives for the better with stories from our beneficiaries.
The IFoA Foundation is the charity of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, working with the global actuarial community for positive social impact.
Hundreds of young people around the world have limited opportunities or experience financial challenges. Through actuarial education, they are seeking to create a better future for themselves, their families, and communities.
The IFoA Foundation is already helping some of them with grants, scholarships, mentoring, and connections. But this is just the beginning. We are actively fundraising to enable more promising individuals to fulfil their potential in our profession.
Thanks to generous support from the IFoA, 100% of all donations go directly to projects encouraging young mathematicians and changing the career trajectory of aspiring actuaries worldwide.
We hope you will be moved to join our efforts to empower and uplift others.
Please support our mission and make a donation today via Just Giving.
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“Hundreds of students around the world are seeking to create a better future for themselves, their families, and communities through mathematics and actuarial education.
We hope you will be moved to join our efforts to empower and uplift others. Together we will enable more promising individuals to fulfil their potential.”
Masimba Zata, Chair of the IFoA Foundation
Objectives
We have 3 objectives: supporting our community, rewarding excellence, and addressing future challenges.
1. Supporting our community
Giving support and opportunity to actuaries and future actuaries from all backgrounds and across the globe.
2. Rewarding excellence
Providing recognition, prizes, and awards for excellence in actuarial exams and academic research.
3. Addressing future challenges
Providing opportunities and role models to young people and a future generation of actuaries through grassroots education projects. These projects encourage the study of maths and financial education.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
The promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the actuarial profession underpins all our charitable activities.
About the IFoA Foundation
The IFoA Foundation is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered with the Scottish Charity Regulator with reference SCO49518.
Trustees
We are governed by a trustee board made up of IFoA volunteers and members from the IFoA executive. The current trustees are:
- Masimba Zata (volunteer), Chair of Trustees
- Chantal Bond (volunteer), Vice Chair
- Simon Dudley (volunteer)
- Cathy Lynn (volunteer)
- Hemal Naran (volunteer)
- Sunil Sharma (volunteer)
- David Burch (IFoA executive)
- David Thomson (IFoA Executive)
Read the trustee biographies (PDF, 427 KB)
Team
The Trustees are supported by Ambassadors and Volunteers from across the profession who contribute to sub-committees, and get involved with projects. New volunteers are also welcome, please get in touch.
We also have a small staff team:
Director: Lindsey Berthoud
Grants Manager Holly Smeeton
Company Secretary Ken Bogle.
Contact us: foundation@actuaries.org.uk
The IFoA Foundation operates a privacy policy (PDF, 53 KB)
“Supporting the IFoA Foundation is one way we demonstrate our commitment to diversifying the future actuarial workforce through education grants and mentoring programmes. This also forms an integral part of our CSR agenda. It enables us to connect with and raise the aspirations of school pupils struggling with maths on our doorstep in London. With the IFoA Foundation, we can help to make maths relevant, accessible, and fun.”
Jules Constantinou, Regional Manager, Gen Re Life UK
Thank you to our corporate partners
Barnett Waddingham | Gen Re | HFG | LCP | Milliman | ACTEX
Worshipful Company of Actuaries | Staple Inn Actuarial Society | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
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What we do
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