Christopher Daykin

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Christopher Daykin CB is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and was for 18 years the Government Actuary for the United Kingdom.

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)

[edit] Personal

Christopher was born and raised in North West London in the United Kingdom close to where he continues to live with his wife Kate. He has three adult children, a daughter and two sons.

He has a first class mathematics degree from Pembroke College at Cambridge University and in his youth attended Merchant Taylors' School, London

[edit] See also

• Government Actuary's Department
• Institute of Actuaries