Professor Les Mayhew is professor of statistics in the Faculty of Actuarial Science and Insurance at Bayes Business School, City University, London and has worked closely over many years with the International Longevity Centre UK, a specialist think tank on the impact of longevity on society.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries and a former senior civil servant in the Department of Health and Social Security, Department of Social Security, and the Treasury as well as a Director in the Office for National Statistics.
His interest in ageing societies is long standing. He has published widely on pensions, social care, healthy ageing, financial services and older people's housing.
His current interests are retirement housing, health inequalities, and extending working lives.