Christopher Daykin

Christopher Daykin (born July 18, 1948) CB is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and was the Government Actuary for the United Kingdom from 1989 to 2007.

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)