Nico Aspinall FIA is the former Chair of the Resource and Environment Board of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (the IFoA) and previously Chaired the Research sub-committee of the Board. Nico has co-authored a number of papers for the IFoA considering the impact of Climate Change, Resource Depletion, Sustainability, Systems Thinking and the Financial system on the actuarial profession and its clients. Recently he co-authored the IFoA’s policy briefing on managing the risk and uncertainty around climate change.
Nico qualified as a Fellow of the IFoA in 2009, and works as an independent consultant in the investment management and pensions industry, focussing on DC benefits. His previous roles include Head of Defined Contribution Investment for Willis Towers Watson; Head of DC and Communications for the Barclays UK Retirement Fund, one of the largest pension funds in the UK; and as an actuarial pensions consultant for Deloitte Total Rewards and Benefits. Nico received a Masters in Theoretical Physics from the University of Cambridge in 2004