Louise Pryor
{{Short description|British actuary}}
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| education = Newnham College, Cambridge and Northwestern University
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Louise Pryor is a British actuary with a focus on sustainability, and is chair of the Ecology Building Society.
Early life and education
Pryor has an MA in Mathematics (1981) from Newnham College, Cambridge and a PhD in computer science (1993) from Northwestern University. She is an associate fellow of Newnham College.{{cite web |title=Louise Pryor, Chair |url=https://www.ecology.co.uk/team/louise-pryor/ |website=Ecology Building Society |access-date=15 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=Dr Louise Pryor |url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/dr-louise-pryor |website=www.gresham.ac.uk |publisher=Gresham College |access-date=15 August 2024 |language=en}} She qualified as a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA) in 1985.{{LinkedIn user|id=Louisepryor}}
Career
Pryor has been described as a "pioneer in modelling the financial and economic impacts of climate change in insurance", and has worked in various roles and consultancies in the field of actuarial work and climate change.
She was a lecturer at the Universities of Birmingham (1993–1994) and Edinburgh (1994–1996).
She was director of the Board for Actuarial Standards, an operating body of the Financial Reporting Council, which drew up "the first set of technical standards for actuarial work to be developed by an independent standard setting body in the world".
She was chair of the London Climate Change Partnership, later renamed as the London Climate Ready Partnership,{{cite web |title=London Climate Ready Partnership |url=https://climatelondon.org/ |website=London Climate Ready Partnership |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240808172342/https://climatelondon.org/ |archive-date=8 August 2024 |quote=On 10th June 2024, the London Climate Change Partnership is changing to the London Climate Ready Partnership (LCRP)}} Note that the quoted text is one of four rotating messages on the page from 2019 to 2023.
Pryor was president of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) in 2021–2022. She is co-chair of Actuaries' Carbon Collaboration, which is a working group of the IFoA and is "working towards a coherent understanding of the issues around carbon emissions and offsets by considering them in an actuarial context".{{cite web |title=Actuaries' Carbon Collaboration – Acting on climate solvency |url=https://carbon.ifoagroups.org.uk/ |website=carbon.ifoagroups.org.uk |access-date=15 August 2024}}
Pryor was appointed chair of the Ecology Building Society in May 2022.{{cite web |last1=Hemmings |first1=Julie |title=Ecology Chair honoured |url=https://www.ecology.co.uk/hub/chair-honorary-doctorate/?mc_cid=6d21bae9e6&mc_eid=06b181e2d1 |website=Ecology Building Society |access-date=15 August 2024 |date=18 July 2024}}
Recognition
Pryor is a fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.
In 2024 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by Anglia Ruskin University.{{cite web |title=Thousands to take the next step at ARU graduations |url=https://www.aru.ac.uk/news/thousands-to-take-the-next-step-at-aru-graduations |website=www.aru.ac.uk |publisher=Anglia Ruskin University |access-date=15 August 2024 |language=en |date=9 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=Climate change pioneer receives honorary degree |url=https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/climate-change-pioneer-receives-honorary-degree |website=www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk |publisher=Cambridge Network |access-date=15 August 2024 |date=2024}}
References
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External links
- {{LinkedIn user|id=Louisepryor}}
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Category:21st-century British women
Category:Academics of the University of Birmingham
Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge
Category:Northwestern University alumni
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