Independent Trustee Services
Pi Pension Trustees is part of the Pi Partnership Group, an independent pension consultancy who provide specialist support to employers and trustee boards. Our independent, professional trustees can offer specialist support to help trustee boards make informed decisions and deliver robust governance.
As members of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees (APPT), we are fully supportive of the new accreditation policy promoted by the Pension Regulator and professional bodies.
Pi Pension Trustees builds strong and reliable relationships, in order to encourage collaborative and fruitful relationships between the business, board members and the independent trustee company.
Our independent pension trustees will work closely with trustee boards, the employer and advisers to agree and deliver an effective strategic business plan to meet the pension scheme objectives. We provide comprehensive pension services that are designed to be cost-effective and deliver robust trustee governance.
Whether you are looking to appoint independent pension trustees as part of your trustee board or as a Sole Trustee, we will assign an experienced specialist to meet all of your pension scheme requirements.
Accredited Independent Pension Trustee Services
The Pension Regulator rightly expects the highest standards from professional trustees. The definition is designed to apply to individuals, whether or not incorporated, who act as trustees in a business capacity, usually for one or more unrelated pension schemes. The term independent trustee can also apply to trustees who are not professional trustees. For example, it is possible for a lay trustee to be an independent trustee.
The Pension Regulator expects professional trustees to gain accreditation to prove that they meet the required standards; we have been working closely as part of the APPT to develop this accreditation process.
Our team can advise you how a professional trustee can help meet your pension scheme needs. Please contact our experts on 020 8879 6500 or enquiries@pipg.co.uk.
Pi Pension Trustees Professional Trustee Services
Discover how Pi Pension Trustees can take the stress out of your organisation’s pension trusteeship needs. We combine the skills of our trustees and wider pension consultancy team to meet our clients’ needs. We always adopt an open, collaborative approach and shared strategic objectives by establishing effective working relationships with employers, regulators and advisers.
Chair of Trustee
The role of Chair of Trustee is pivotal to the operational success of a trustee board and is essential to delivering good pension scheme governance. Our pension trustees act as Chair to a number of pension schemes where we provide leadership and expertise.
Sole Trustee
A sole trustee bears exactly the same fiduciary duties as a trustee board and can enable a pension scheme to be run more efficiently, whilst maintaining robust governance processes. Discover the benefits of having a professional sole trustee, including board succession management, ensuring your pension scheme is regulation-compliant, delivering cost efficiencies and specialist technical knowledge.
Interim Pension Trustee Services
For schemes that do not require the ongoing support of an independent trustee company, our pension trustees can help support your trustee board on an interim basis through complex situations such as company restructure, valuations or detailed regulatory discussions. Find out more about interim trustee appointments at Pi Partnership.
Charity and Non-Pension Trusteeship
With an increased demand for professional trustees within the wider non-pension arena, we can provide non-pension and charity trustees to a range of organisations where the benefits of strategic leadership, good governance and other elements are more and more important.
Why Appoint an Independent Trustee?
Pension scheme governance is becoming increasingly complex which is why pension schemes and companies require support with scheme management, trustee efficiency and technical knowledge. A professional independent pension trustee can support trustee boards with specialist pension expertise, engage the scheme’s advisers to manage budgets effectively, support informed decision making and add value to negotiations.
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Paul Black
Paul Black
Independent Trustee
Paul has worked in the pensions industry for over 30 years, as well as being a qualified actuary he holds the ‘Award in Pension Trusteeship’. Since 2017 he has acted as a professional independent trustee and has experience as both Chair and as a co-trustee. Prior to moving into trusteeship in 2017, he was an investment partner with LCP, where he provided investment consulting advice to clients. This included the development of a range of investment strategies for both DC and DB arrangements covering the design of default funds and journey planning, aiming for self-sufficiency or buy-out.
His specialist investment knowledge and actuarial background combined with his experience as a professional trustee enables him to add significant value to the operation of a trustee board. He can help in supporting trustees through complex investment strategies, challenge advisers constructively and help agree on suitable funding objectives for the pension scheme.
Gill Mitchell
Gill Mitchell
Compliance Officer
Since joining Pi in 2001, Gill has been central to Pi’ s successful operation and growth. Formerly Managing Director, Gill now acts as Company Secretary to the Pi Partnership Board as well as overseeing all of Pi’s compliance procedures. She is a member of the GDPR response team and in her role as Compliance Officer, she is part of the Governance & Compliance Committee (GCC). The GCC reports to the Pi Trustee Board and is instrumental to the oversight and management of our Sole Trustee appointments. Gill is responsible for the delivery of our AAF 02/07 reporting and checking our internal processes meet all required standards – ensuring we deliver the very highest standard of service to our clients is central to her approach to compliance management.
Jenny Croxall
Jenny Croxall
Independent Trustee
Jenny graduated from Oxford University in 2001 with an MA in Mathematics and qualified as an Actuary in 2008. After 7 years as a Scheme Actuary working across a wide range of schemes and becoming involved in a number of complex funding negotiations and corporate restructures Jenny joined Mathieson Consulting Limited, the pensions on divorce specialists. Where her actuarial background enabled her to act as an expert witness to a wide range of cases.
Since 2016 Jenny has focused on providing Independent Trustee cases and is frequently appointed as a Sole Trustee where her technical background and collaborative manner delivers pragmatic and cost-effective scheme management.
As well as being a member of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Jenny also holds the Award in Pension Trusteeship from the Pension Management Institute. And is a member of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees.
Sarah Marshall
Sarah Marshall
Independent Trustee
Sarah graduated from Oxford University in 2007 with a Master’s in Mathematics and qualified as an Actuary in 2011. Sarah now focuses on providing Independent Trustee services and acts as on several Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution schemes. Her combination of technical knowledge with a clear and concise manner adds value to a trustee board. She is frequently appointed as a Sole Trustee and has extensive experience of streamlined scheme management and working closely with the employer in this role. She has also developed member engagement programmes for Defined Contribution schemes, including holding Q & A sessions with the membership and increasing the visibility of the trustee role.
As well as being a member of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Sarah also holds the Award in Pension Trusteeship from the Pension Management Institute. She is a member of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees and was previously a council member with responsibility for finance.
Nigel Hill
Nigel Hill
Independent Trustee
Nigel has worked in occupational pensions for over 40 years and for more than 25 years has been a professional trustee, either as a main board member, Chair, or as Sole Trustee. His appointments have also included specialist interim appointments to manage complex negotiations and mitigate existing conflicts of interest.
His experience ranges from ensuring a trustee board meets the necessary compliance requirements through to highly imaginative and creative problem-solving. He has also chaired schemes through buy-out and winding-up processes. His clients have been in the commercial, charity and public sector, so he is used to working with a range of employers and understands their commercial pressures.
Nigel is a Council Member of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees and Chair of their Sole Trustee sub-committee. He also holds the Award in Pension Trusteeship from the Pension Management Institute.
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