Monica Allanach
British actuary
Monica Christine Allanach was a British actuary. She was the first woman to be elected to the Council of the Institute of Actuaries.
Early life and education
Allanach's father died when she was four, and she was brought up by her widowed mother. She was educated at Wimbledon High School from 1931–1938. She was good at mathematics at school, and her teachers suggested that she become an actuary.
Career
Allanach joined the Prudential Assurance Company in 1938 as an actuarial trainee. She qualified as an actuary in 1951. Women had been permitted to gain membership of the Institute of Actuaries for thirty years, but by 1951, less than one dozen women had become fully qualified. Allanach was moved to the male salary scale at Prudential in 1960, several years before the company introduced a single, non-gendered salary scale. She was appointed as the Deputy Actuary at the Prudential Assurance Company in 1970, thus becoming the first woman to reach management level at the company.
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