Ian acts as professional trustee to both defined benefit and defined contribution clients.
Having started in 1963 as an actuarial student with Commercial Union (now Aviva), Ian moved into consultancy and held senior roles with Sedgwick Noble Lowndes and Mercer before joining us in 2009. He has been responsible for the administration and management of pension schemes ranging from those with under 100 members to those operated by FTSE 250 companies.
Ian’s experience includes consulting with employers on all aspects of benefits strategy, but his principal focus was on regular support to pension trustees. He advises trustee boards, enabling them to expand their knowledge and build the confidence needed to achieve a successful outcome to funding negotiations with scheme sponsors.
Ian is a past President of the PMI and current volunteer adviser with TPAS, the Pensions Advisory Service. After more than 50 years in pensions, he still loves it!
Ian stands out amongst the PSGS team - he’s the only one of us to have made a speech in the House of Lords!
Qualifications: Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute (FPMI).
“Declarations of intent: a case of regulatory grip tightening”
20 Jun 2019
With all the recent high profile cases in the press - Arcadia, BHS and Carillion being the most obvious – it’s no surprise the government wants to...
“Big pension schemes: the view from our trustee secretaries”
13 Jun 2019
Maybe it is just that an analytical mind is useful when you work in pensions and categorising things helps us, but I’ve always thought it's...
“Trustee board performance: what reviews are we seeing?”
3 Jun 2019
I think it is safe to say all the pension trustees and pension managers I’ve spoken to have different views on what they’re looking for from an...
