Professor Andrew Cairns

Memberships of professional bodies

• Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
• Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
• Corresponding (honorary) member of the Swiss Actuarial Association

External appointments

• Editor in Chief of ASTIN Bulletin – the Journal of the International Actuarial Association
• Deputy chair of the AFIR-ERM (financial risk and enterprise risk management) section of the International Actuarial Association
• Member of the ASTIN (non-life insurance) section of the International Actuarial Association
• Chair of the UK actuarial profession syllabus development committee on Enterprise Risk Management
• Member of the Life and Longevity Markets Association (LLMA) Index Oversight Committee

Education

• Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College
• University of Cambridge (MA 1991)
• Heriot-Watt University (PhD 1990)

Career history

• Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society (1990-1992)
• Heriot-Watt University, Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics (1992-present)
• Professor of Financial Mathematics (2003-present)

Areas of research

• Modelling and management of long-term risks in life insurance, pensions and banking
• Longevity risk management
• Interest rate risk management

Interests and hobbies

• Gardening, walking, golfing, reading