Thank you for taking the time to share your views on the Society's draft strategy for 2027–2029. The survey takes around 15 minutes and is best completed after reading the draft.

Your responses will be linked to your membership record so we can understand views across the membership. Findings will be reported in aggregate only and will never be attributed to individuals, though a member of the Executive may contact you to better understand your response. We may quote short extracts from your responses anonymously, with any details that could identify you or your organisation removed. Responses will be analysed by the Executive, and a summary will be reviewed by the Strategy Steering Committee before the final strategy goes to Council in December.

The survey closes on 13 November 2026.
About you

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1. Name

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3. Which best describes where you are in your career?

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4. How many years did you spend, or have you spent so far, as a trainee actuary, working in an actuarial or related role while studying for the exams?

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5. What is your practice area? (Please select the most applicable):

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6. Type of role (Please select the most applicable):

Overall direction

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7. What resonates most with you in the draft strategy?

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8. If you could change one thing about the strategy, what would it be?

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9. Our Vision:
Our updated Vision builds on what actuaries already do: making well-judged decisions when the future is uncertain. Its ambition is for that to be recognised well beyond the areas where we have traditionally worked:
"A thriving and highly relevant actuarial profession, trusted to bring leadership, judgement and integrity to decision-making in uncertainty across business, public policy and society."

Is there anything in the Vision you would change, and why?

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10. How we describe actuaries:
The draft strategy describes what actuaries bring in several places. In particular, the Strategy on a Page sets out our core skills as “finance, data science, risk and professional judgement: well-judged decisions when the future is uncertain”. The back page says: “Actuaries combine an understanding of finance, a fluency with data and models, and a broad view of risk, and apply them to practical decisions.”
Do these capture what actuaries do and the skills they bring? What would you add or take away?

The Four Pillars
The strategy keeps our four existing pillars, with new areas of action under each. For each pillar, we’d welcome your thoughts on the thinking behind it, what you like, and anything you feel is missing.

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11. Education & Professional Development
This pillar is about making sure our qualification, and the learning that follows it, prepares members to thrive as the world of work changes. We want the Society to have a greater say in what it means to qualify as one of our members, through a more mature relationship with the IFoA. That could include new routes to qualification alongside the existing one. It also covers growing our AI acumen and strengthening the skills that take actuaries into influential roles, alongside the CPD and guidance our practice committees already provide.

What are your thoughts on the thinking behind this pillar? What do you like, and is there anything you feel is missing from the areas of action proposed?

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12. Profile & Reputation
How people understand actuaries matters, both for the profession and for every member’s career. This pillar aims to make our capabilities more visible, understood and sought after, including in Ireland’s digital and AI landscape and in fields new to actuaries.

What are your thoughts on the thinking behind this pillar? What do you like, and is there anything you feel is missing from the areas of action proposed?

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13. Public Interest
Ireland faces long-term challenges, such as an ageing population, the sustainability of pensions and public finances, and planning for housing and health, and these are questions actuaries work on every day. This pillar sets out how the profession can contribute more, through engagement with policymakers, a visible and trusted public voice, routes into public service, research, and better outcomes for consumers.

What are your thoughts on the thinking behind this pillar? What do you like, and is there anything you feel is missing from the areas of action proposed?

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14. Connection & Engagement
This pillar is about a community where every member feels they belong, whatever their career stage or field, with opportunities to connect, a focus on inclusion, and staying connected with members wherever they work.

What are your thoughts on the thinking behind this pillar? What do you like, and is there anything you feel is missing from the areas of action proposed?

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15. Is there anything else you'd like to tell us, including anything that concerns you or that you feel is missing?

Getting Involved

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16. If you’d like to get involved in delivering the strategy, for example through a committee or working group, tick below and we’ll be in touch.

Thank you. Every response will be read, and your views will help shape the final strategy. When the strategy is published, we will share a summary of what we heard and how it’s shaped what happens next.

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