David C M Dickson

David C. M. Dickson holds a Ph.D. in Actuarial Science from Heriot-Watt University and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. David lectured for seven years at Heriot-Watt University before moving to the University of Melbourne in 1993. In 2000 he was appointed to the Chair in Actuarial Studies in Melbourne. He was Head of the Department of Economics from 2016 to 2018. He has twice been awarded the HM Jackson Prize of the Institute of...See more

David C. M. Dickson holds a Ph.D. in Actuarial Science from Heriot-Watt University and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. David lectured for seven years at Heriot-Watt University before moving to the University of Melbourne in 1993. In 2000 he was appointed to the Chair in Actuarial Studies in Melbourne. He was Head of the Department of Economics from 2016 to 2018. He has twice been awarded the HM Jackson Prize of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, most recently for his book Insurance Risk and Ruin (2016). See less