Finance and Investment Research subcommittee

The sub-committee’s key objectives are to focus on the following key themes:

• identify, promote and foster research opportunities, including:
  • oversight and guidance of member-led research initiatives, in accordance with the Guidance for new working parties
  • working with the Executive’s Research team to:
    • establish links with universities and external research bodies:
    • identify topics/areas for commissioned research
    • review and evaluation of commissioned research
    • identify topics for the sessional research programme and source volunteers to peer review papers and chair events
• support annual conference programme development and content
• maintain a watching brief on the progress of and needs of existing member-led working parties
• ensure actuarial science is interpreted as widely as needed to reflect the cross-practice nature of finance and investment
• support the Research & Thought Leadership Board
• provide input into the exam syllabus and monitor education needs and developments in the F&I practice area.

Membership of the Finance and Investment Research Sub-committee for 2022/2023:

• Leslie Uzan (Chair)
• Clarence Er (Deputy Chair)
• Jasmair Purewal
• Evangelia Soultani
• Fandi Sun
• Roy Taylor
• Arjun Vyas

The Committee operates within a Terms of Reference and supports the IFoA's Council in the delivery of its corporate strategy.

How to join the Finance and Investment Research sub-committee

All vacancies arising on Boards and their sub-committees are advertised on our volunteer vacancies web page.  Further information for volunteers, including tips on how to chair a meeting, can be found in the Volunteer Information Pack (VIP).