Danny Meehan is joining Hargreaves Lansdown as director of workplace, taking over from Stephen Lefley, who is retiring after more than nine years with the firm.
Meehan joins from MUFG Pension & Market Services, where as Growth Leader he was responsible for its UK commercial growth agenda. Prior to this, he was proposition & development director at Cushon.
He will report to Doug Abbott, chief product officer. HL Workplace provides employer pension, investment and savings services tailored for employers. It currently supports over 200,000 members across more than 750 active schemes and has £10.5bn assets under administration.
Meehan will take responsibility for the division’s commercial performance, growth strategy, and the continued development of its product and proposition for employers and their employees.
Lefley steps down after a career that has included almost a decade at Zurich and more than 17 years at Standard Life.
In December 2025, HL announced the beginning of a multi-million pound programme of investment to strengthen its workplace offering. Developments include a new employer-facing administration platform developed in partnership with Keystone by Smart. Rolling out this year, it will support multiple payroll-deducted savings products, including Isas, and further development of its default investment proposition to meet forthcoming regulatory requirements.
Abbott says: “Danny is a highly experienced leader in the workplace savings market, with a track record of building high-growth businesses which will be invaluable to HL. Workplace is an exciting area for the company, and Danny’s appointment reflects our ambition to help more people in Britain build their wealth, with confidence, through their employer.
“I also want to thank Stephen for his significant contribution to HL and to our Workplace business over many years. We wish him a long and happy retirement.”
Meehan says: “Joining Hargreaves Lansdown is a proud moment for me. Employers and their advisers are being asked to deliver more for their people than ever before, so I am excited about working for a business that has the product range to support clients in achieving their financial goals across their lifetime.
“My ambition is to make HL Workplace the standard for what workplace savings can do – helping members save, invest, and build real financial resilience across their whole working lives and into retirement. There is so much to build on here, and I can’t wait to get started.”
Meehan’s arrival follows a string of recent senior appointments at HL, including Charles Thompson as chief technology officer and Michael Finnegan as chief transformation officer, who will support HL’s CEO, Matt Benchener.
