Elayne Grace has been appointed CEO of the Actuaries Institute, replacing David Bell who resigned late last year.

Ms Grace was previously the institute’s deputy CEO and has been Head of Public Policy since 2013.

President John Evans says Ms Grace has a proven record of promoting the actuarial profession and the institute.

She has delivered key position papers on issues such as mental health, Big Data disruption, healthcare funding and retirement, and has led the institute’s involvement in the Financial System Inquiry and other inquiries by national regulators.