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Sam Younger appointed as IFoA Regulatory Board Chair

19 August 2025

Sam Younger has been appointed as the new independent Chair of the IFoA’s Regulatory Board. 

Sam Younger is currently Chair of the Consumers’ Association (Which?), Chair of the Advertising Advisory Committee of the Advertising Standards Authority and a member of the Remuneration Committee of New College, Oxford.

Sam served as the inaugural Chair of the Electoral Commission from 2001 to 2008 and as Chief Executive of the Charity Commission for England and Wales from 2010 to 2014.

Some of Sam’s other regulatory roles have included Chair of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Chair of CILEX Regulation, Director of the Advertising Standards Authority and Senior Independent Director. 

Sam will begin his term on 22 September 2025.

Read the press release announcing Sam’s appointment