IFoA Board

Lord Currie has over two decades of non-executive and chair experience. He is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords and is currently chair of the Advertising Standards Authority and a council member of the European Policy Forum. Lord Currie was previously founding chair of Ofcom (2002-2009) and founding chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (2012-2018) as well as serving as chair at the University of Essex (2011-2018) and the Alacrity Foundation (2010-2013). Lord Currie has also held non-executive board positions at Royal Mail Group plc (2009-2012), and the Dubai Financial Services Authority (2004-2019). He was also Professor and Dean at Cass (now Bayes) Business School (2001-2008).

Kartina brings 25 years of diverse actuarial, risk management, governance, and regulatory experience. Her prior experience includes a Big-Four audit firm, the Bank of England, global insurance carriers, and brokers. Her most recent executive role is with WTW, the largest global insurance consultancy, as a Senior Director where she leads the risk, regulation, and governance proposition. Kartina also has non-executive experience, most recently for an FTSE-listed company and a fintech firm.

As a subject matter expert in the UK and European insurance regulation, she advises firms on resolving their regulatory issues and adding business value by helping boards in their decision-making. From roles as Chief Risk Officer, a member of the supervisory panel at the Bank of England, and a partner to C-suites and boards of various firms, she brings practical experience to business solutions.

Kartina holds leadership positions in the actuarial profession in the UK and globally. She has served on the IFoA Council for the past seven years and was a member of its Audit and Risk Committee. She was also on the Board of Directors of the Actuarial Association of Europe for four years.

Kartina is passionate about inclusion, social mobility, and education, which she has channelled through her role as the Chair of the IFoA Foundation for the past three years. She mobilised the charity to make a remarkable impact on the next generation of actuaries and the wider actuarial community.

IFoA Fellow Kudzai Chigiji has a broad range of experience in life insurance, healthcare, digital product development, social security and banking. Her current roles include Independent non-executive director at Letshego Holdings Namibia and Letshego Bank Namibia, and Expert Member at Movement Health. Prior to that, Kudzai held a variety of roles including Chief Operating Officer at Ovation Solutions, an employee benefits tech start-up, and Consulting Actuary in healthcare and banking organisations across Africa.

IFoA Fellow Tony O’Riordan has wide experience in life assurance and pensions, investment management, non-life insurance, private equity. He currently holds non-executive director roles at Mercer Global Investment, MetLife Europe and Aviva Insurance Ireland. He is also board chair at St James’s Place UK. Previous to this, O’Riordan held a variety of roles most recently as CFO at New Ireland Assurance.

IFoA Fellow Andrew Rear is currently a non-executive director at insurance technology companies in the US and UK, and an adviser to technology-focused private equity. His last executive role was as CEO of a P&C insurer and insurtech investor. He has also been a non-executive director of insurance companies in Australia, South Africa, Belgium, UK and US; and chairman of a global software company.

IFoA Fellow Hitesh Shah is currently a non-executive director at SCOR Reinsurance Asia Pacific and chair of the audit and risk committee. He is also Vice President and Council member at the Singapore Actuarial Society. Shah’s past work includes being a consultant in special projects for both start-ups and large firms including Prudential Financial and Aviva. Previous to that he was Chief Marketing Officer at Manulife, Aviva and Prudential; and a Partner at Deloitte.

Sheila Kumar’s extensive career encompasses both non-executive roles and senior executive experience both in the public sector and in and with professional membership bodies and in professional regulation. As a non-executive this includes being a Council member and Chair of the ARC at the General Dental Council. She is also the CEO of a specialist regulator in the legal services sector. Since moving away from a career in legal practice she has led strategic projects in Whitehall and held senior roles in various sectors including at the Law Society of England and Wales and at the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Aaron Porter has a portfolio of non-executive board, trustee and advisory roles across a range of sectors. Board roles include as chair of the BPP University Board of Directors, deputy chair of Goldsmiths University of London, on the Council of a Statutory Healthcare Regulatory, trustee of a London theatre, chair of a specialist higher education college and a school governor.

Paul joined the IFoA on 6th January 2025 from the Royal Society of Chemistry where served as chief operating officer.

Paul is an experienced senior leader in the professional body and not-for-profit sectors. As chief operating officer at the Royal Society of Chemistry, he oversaw the work of 700 staff serving 60,000 members and delivering £70m of annual revenues. Paul’s previous roles have included director positions at City & Guilds and University of Cambridge Assessment. Paul is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and holds an MBA. He is a Freeman of the City of London, Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and, the Royal Society for the Arts.