Paul Sweeting is President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. He has spent most of the last decade living and working in the Middle East. He is currently a Professor in Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics at Heriot-Watt University in Dubai. Before this, he was a senior advisor at the Hassana Investment Company, having previously been its Chief Risk Officer, and was also a director of Tawuniya Insurance, the Middle East's largest insurance company, whose Board Risk Committee he chaired. Paul's earlier career was similarly wide-ranging, and included work in pensions, life insurance, investment and academia.
Paul is also an Honorary Professor of Actuarial Science at the University of Kent and a Visiting Professor at the University of Malta. He is a Chartered Actuary and Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, for whom he has acted as a volunteer for many years. He also helped design and write the textbook used worldwide for the profession’s Enterprise Risk Management subject, now in its third edition.
Paul has chaired a number of actuarial boards, committees and working parties, and served as Honorary Secretary for the Institute of Actuaries prior to its merger with the Faculty of Actuaries. Paul is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, the Royal Statistical Society, the Royal Society of Arts, and the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. In addition, he is a Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary and a CFA Charterholder. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bristol.
Presidential Address
Paul delivered his Presidential Address on 10 July 2025 at Staple Inn Hall, London.
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