Michelle Cracknell has joined PensionBee as a non-executive director of the company.
Cracknell has over 30 years in the pensions industry, most recently as the chief executive of The Pensions Advisory Service.
During her five years in this role, Cracknell was responsible for raising public awareness of pensions, leading campaigns on pension scam awareness and launching a variety of new services and tools to help consumers better understand their pensions. These included a new online ‘trace a lost pension’ tool and a ‘midlife review’ service.
PensionBee is an online pension provider, which was foudned in 2015. Since then it has achieved significant growth, now counting over 60,000 active customers and over £650 million in assets under administration.
Cracknell joins Paternoster founder, former Prudential chief executive and PensionBee chairman Mark Wood on the Board.
Wood said her appointment highlights PensionBee’s commitment to driving change in the industry and championing the rights of consumers, while encouraging more people to take control of their retirement savings.
PensionBee chief executive Romi Savova adds: ““Michelle is a wonderful addition to the PensionBee Board. I have admired her for the work she has done in making pensions more accessible and increasing transparency for consumers. With her guidance and expertise, we look forward to helping even more people better save for their retirement.”
