Annual General Meeting 2026
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The IFoA鈥檚 AGM for 2026 is on Thursday 9 July at 09:00 (BST), at Staple Inn Hall, London. The meeting will also be live streamed so members can participate online.
The IFoA鈥檚 AGM is an opportunity for you to be heard and for us to be accountable to our members.
The business of the AGM
Members will be invited to receive and consider the annual report of the IFoA, along with the financial statements for the last financial period.
The report and financial statements will be made available on our website ahead of the AGM, and we welcome your questions both before and at the meeting.
IFoA President Paul Sweeting will also look back on the first year of his presidential term 鈥� a year of challenge and change for the actuarial profession.
Council election results
The results of our Council elections will also be announced at the AGM. We are currently seeking nominations for new Council members, with 9 vacancies in our General Constituency and 1 in our Scottish Constituency.
You can find more details on standing for election on our becoming a Council member webpage. Please note that nominations close on 21 May 2026.
The results of 2 other votes will be announced at the AGM:
- To appoint auditors for the forthcoming year
- To authorise Council to set the auditors鈥� remuneration
Members who are eligible to vote on these matters will be contacted in due course with full details.
Attending and participating in the AGM
If you would like to join us for our AGM, please book your place using the links below.
Those members who join the meeting in person, or join the live stream, will have the opportunity to submit questions to presenters on the day.
You can also submit your questions in advance by emailing the IFoA鈥檚 Corporate Secretariat at corpsec@actuaries.org.uk. We will endeavour to answer questions either at the meeting itself, or afterwards by email.
The formal notice of the AGM can be viewed on our鈥�AGM webpage.
Featured speakers
IFoA President
Paul Sweeting is President of the 黄瓜app. 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 黄瓜app, for whom he has acted as a volunteer for many years. He also helped design and write the textbook used worldwide for the profession鈥檚 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.