Announcing our 2025 NZSA Award recipients

We’re delighted to announce our well-deserving 2025 NZSA Award recipients, who were recognised at the annual NZSA Winter Dinners over the last two nights.

The NZSA Council considered the work that these awardees have done for the profession, often over many years, as worthy of recognition.

You can read more about the award categories and the 2025 awardees on our website.

Richard Bruynel Research Prize 

  • Retirement Income Interest Group: Ian Perera, Alison O’Connell, Christine Ormrod, Dinushi Jayasuriya, Fraser McKay and Kelvin Prisk

Young Volunteer Achievement Awards 

  • Claytyn Riki
  • Cheryl de Joya Alcazar

NZSA Gold Award

  • Adam Follington
  • Margaret Cantwell

Distinguished Service Award 

  • John Smeed

My personal congratulations and thanks go to each award recipient and all the nominees on the work you continue to do for the Society and the profession.

Noho ora mai

Lee-Ann du Toit
President

Author

society@actuaries.org.nz