Society of Actuaries
Biographical Sketch: Andrew Peterson is the Staff Fellow for Retirement Systems at the Society of Actuaries (SOA) working to develop and support better retirement systems. In this capacity, Andy serves as staff partner to the Pension Section of the SOA directing volunteer activities in this area. In addition, he provides retirement expertise to the SOA’s education (including both basic and continuing education programs) and research functions. He also serves as a liaison between the SOA and other organizations in the retirement arena and works to facilitate the intellectual capital development of retirement actuaries such as providing leadership on the SOA’s Retirement 20/20 initiative.
Prior to joining the SOA in 2008, Andy spent 16 years working as a retirement consultant with Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson), an HR consulting firm. He was based in Chicago for the majority of his time at Watson Wyatt, but also spent three years in their Zurich, Switzerland office, from 1999 to 2002.
Andy received a BS degree in mathematics from Taylor University. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, an Enrolled Actuary, a Member of the American Academyof Actuaries, and a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries. He is also a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.