Doug Chandler

Doug Chandler is a Senior Researcher with the NIA. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, based in Calgary. From 2016 to 2024, he served as the Canadian Retirement Research Actuary at the Society of Actuaries, where he was responsible for developing and completing objective research on Canadian retirement systems to inform public policy development and public understanding. Previously, he worked for 25 years as a consultant on retirement plans. In addition to providing retirement plan advice to clients, his responsibilities included professional practice leadership, thought leadership and writing for internal and external publications. Doug has been an active volunteer in Canadian Institute of Actuaries task forces on topics such as pension commuted values and accounting for employee future benefits.

Department: Financial Security Research