These new members have been appointed from a range of organisations within the PLSA’s membership. They will have a remit stretching across all PLSA policy work on pensions and lifetime savings.
The members will work with the policy board chair – Emma Douglas, head of DC, at Legal & General Investment Management – to guide and decide on the PLSA’s public policy positions.
From next month, the policy board’s goal will be to shape the PLSA’s policy agenda for all aspects of retirement income. Subject to approval at the PLSA’s AGM the full membership of the board will be:
•Anna Rogers, ARC Pensions Law
•Teresa Fritz, Croydon Pension Fund
•Laura Myers, Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
•Emma Douglas, Legal & General Investment Management Ltd
•Jackie Peel, Mars UK
•Brian Henderson, Mercer
•Chris Hogg, National Grid
•Zoe Alexander, NEST
•Nicola Mark, Norfolk Pension Fund
•Adrian Boulding, Now: Pensions
•Carol Young, Royal Bank of Scotland
•Michael Watkins, Smart Pension
•Jamie Jenkins, Standard Life
•Neil Mason, Surrey County Council
•Gregg McClymont, The People’s Pension
•Mel Duffield, Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)
•Rachel Brothwood, West Midlands Pension Fund
Douglas says: ““I am delighted to announce the full membership of the policy board, with a host of experienced thought-leaders from within the pensions sector.
“The make-up of the Policy Board not only reflects the breadth of the PLSA’s membership, but we also have a range of ages and backgrounds represented and over 50 per cent are female, which unfortunately can still be rare within our industry.
Nigel Peaple, PLSA’s director of policy & research says: “The new policy board is key to help us deliver our mission of helping everyone achieve a better income in retirement.
We look forward to working closely with our policy board to campaign on the issues that are important to PLSA members and UK pension savers.”