29 March 2023
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) is delighted to announce that Kartina Tahir Thomson has been confirmed as the next President-elect.
Kartina will assume this role in June 2023, when Kalpana Shah becomes President. Kartina will serve as IFoA President from June 2024.
Kartina is a Senior Director at WTW and brings 25 years of diverse actuarial, risk, governance and regulatory experience. She is also a Director on the board of a publicly listed firm.
Kartina has a varied career that includes spending six years at the Bank of England, where she supervised a portfolio of insurance firms responsible for ensuring financial stability of the UK financial market.
Prior to that, Kartina held the Chief Risk Officer role at an insurance company and also led the Risk and Analytics proposition for a global insurance broker. She performed her actuarial training in a couple of large global insurance companies.
Kartina is a long-time volunteer who has served on the IFoA Council for six years and is a member of the IFoA Audit and Risk Committee. She has also been on the Board of Directors of the Actuarial Association of Europe for four years.
Kartina is passionate about inclusion, social mobility and education, which she has channelled through her role as Chair of the IFoA Foundation for the past three years.
Kartina said:
“It is an honour to be entrusted with the role by my fellow Council members. By nurturing a collaborative and inclusive culture, we can deepen the impact of the profession both in the UK and internationally and continue to make a difference in addressing the societal challenges that we face.”