ACA appoints new chairman

Barton replaces Ian Farr in the role and has spoken of his desire to promote actuaries’ advisory role in areas beyond pensions and general insurance. The ACA forms the largest national grouping of consulting actuaries in the world and has over 1,700 members working in around 80 consulting firms. Members are advisers to UK pension schemes with assets in excess of £750bn. Barton joined consulting actuaries Hewitt Associates 30 years ago and is currently scheme actuary to a number of large pension plans as well as being chairman of the trustees of the company’s own pension fund. Barton says...