Christopher Daykin
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Christopher Daykin CB
is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries
and was the Government Actuary
for the United Kingdom
from 1989 to 2007.
He became the Government Actuary for the UK in April 1989 and has overseen the transition of the department through several offices and expansion into new markets around the world. He is the second longest holder of the post and retired from it, to pursue other interests in the actuarial field, in October 2007.
He was president of the Institute of Actuaries
between 1994 and 1996. In both capacities he has traveled extensively around the World. The Queen has honoured his service to the country by awarding him a CB
and making him a member of the Order of the Bath
.
Christopher has published a number of key reports on issues such as the state pension scheme and co-authored a book entitled 'Practical Risk Theory for Actuaries' (ISBN 0-412-42850-4)
University and in his youth attended Merchant Taylors' School, London
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
The Institute of Actuaries was one of the two professional which represented actuaries in the United Kingdom . The Institute was based in England, while the other body, the Faculty of Actuaries, was based in Scotland...
and was the Government Actuary
Government Actuary's Department
The Government Actuary’s Department is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for providing actuarial advice to public sector clients....
for the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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from 1989 to 2007.
He became the Government Actuary for the UK in April 1989 and has overseen the transition of the department through several offices and expansion into new markets around the world. He is the second longest holder of the post and retired from it, to pursue other interests in the actuarial field, in October 2007.
He was president of the Institute of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
The Institute of Actuaries was one of the two professional which represented actuaries in the United Kingdom . The Institute was based in England, while the other body, the Faculty of Actuaries, was based in Scotland...
between 1994 and 1996. In both capacities he has traveled extensively around the World. The Queen has honoured his service to the country by awarding him a CB
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
and making him a member of the Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
.
Christopher has published a number of key reports on issues such as the state pension scheme and co-authored a book entitled 'Practical Risk Theory for Actuaries' (ISBN 0-412-42850-4)
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He has a first class mathematics degree from Pembroke College, CambridgePembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college has over seven hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest college of the university. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its...
University and in his youth attended Merchant Taylors' School, London
Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
Merchant Taylors' School is a British independent day school for boys, originally located in the City of London. Since 1933 it has been located at Sandy Lodge in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire ....