Susannah Calder has been appointed as commercial lead for Aon’s buyout and wind-up services in the UK.
Calder is a partner in Aon’s UK retirement division and previously served as the trustee retirement consulting lead for the firm’s Leeds and Manchester locations.
Calder will join a 12-person team focused on assisting pension schemes contemplating a buyout and wind-up.
Aon senior partner & head of risk settlement Martin Bird says: “We expect buyout and wind-up to be key growth areas over the next few years as more and more schemes actively engage with insurance solutions and need appropriate support.
“Susannah’s hands-on experience of taking her clients on the buy-in to buyout journey, and her knowledge of the professional trustee landscape make her ideally placed to lead the team. We are very pleased to be welcoming her into this role.”
Calder says: “This is a team with significant expertise in the insurance market and of the winding-up process, an area which is now in a period of high demand from UK pension schemes and featuring earlier and earlier in trustees’ planning. With our highly relevant wider capabilities, Aon is very well placed to offer a complete solution for clients on the journey to buy-out and eventual wind-up.”
