Simon has extensive experience of delivering trustee services and managing pensions operations.
Simon started his pensions career in 1998 with HR Trustees. He spent ten years working with independent trustee firms, managing service providers, team members and relationships with key stakeholders including The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
In 2008, Simon moved in-house with Veolia to lead on projects and governance. He later became trustee services manager responsible for service delivery to the trustee board comprising several complex defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) schemes.
Simon joined National Grid in 2015 as pensions technical manger and member of the UK pensions delivery leadership team. He delivered administration and governance support to their DB pension scheme, one of the UK’s largest.
Simon is an active promoter of diversity in business and heads PSGS’ D&I working group.
Qualifications: Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute, volunteer adviser for the Pensions Ombudsman, PMI Trusteeship Certificate Level 3, Law and Business degree, accredited professional trustee
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