EU Referendum (IFoA)

Introduction

The UK government plans to renegotiate its relationship with the EU and to then hold a referendum to stay in, or leave, the EU The public debate is already heating up, with many media outlets commenting, and stakeholders taking views publicly.

The outcome of both the renegotiation and the referendum itself may have significant impacts on many parts of British society, in the short and in the long term. The IFoA believes that it can help inform the debate on issues that are relevant and important to the public interest, using the specific actuarial skills its members have.

Speakers:

Derek Cribb

Derek Cribb joined the Actuarial Profession in a consulting role in May 2010. He became Acting Chief Executive in September 2010 and was appointed to the role on a permanent basis in 2011. Derek has successfully steered the organisation through a period of rapid and substantial change, including a full review of its strategy and reshaping the organisational structure to deliver the strategy.

Derek has broad leadership experience across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. His roles have ranged from Chief Operating Officer at the Pension Protection Fund and CFO of Barclays Bank UK Customers and Products to leading the business support function in a major UK record label. He has also held senior positions in the food, logistics, outsourcing and technology sectors.

Derek is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He studied at Imperial College London, graduating with Honours in Chemistry in 1987, and undertook PhD research in Mechanical Engineering from 1987-1989.

Tim Werkhoven MPA

Tim joined the IFoA in November 2015, to help the EU referendum Working Party and lead the Institute’s activities around the EU referendum. Tim graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands) with a Masters in Public Administration. Thereafter he specialised in EU Public Affairs Management, representing a wide variety of sectors and companies (such as Tesco PLC, Royal Mail Group PLC, and British American Tobacco PLC) to the EU institutions and stakeholders. He also lived in China, where he defended the interests of UK and other European companies towards the Chinese Government. Currently, he is –on the side- studying to obtain a Masters in Business Administration. He lives in London and loves to explore the UK, and also restore - hopefully beautifully! - antique furniture.