Royal London’s Jamie Jenkins and Smart Pension’s Darren Philp are among six new members appointed to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s (PLSA) policy board.
Formed in 2018 this policy board guides and decides on the PLSA’s public policy positions. Its goal is to shape the policy agenda for all aspects of retirement income.
It is chaired by John Chilman, chief executive at Railpen, and encompasses 20 participants from across the PLSA’s membership. This includes those working across the DB, DC, LGPS, and master trust sectors, alongside employee benefit consultants and those employed in specialist pension law firms.
Jenkins, director of policy for Royal London and Philp, director of policy and market engagement for Smart Master Trust, join four other new board members. These include Tesco PLC’s Laura Hay, the London Stock Exchange Group’s Ava Lau, Pinsent Mason’s Carolyn Saunders and Greater Manchester’s Euan Miller.
In 2022, this policy board will lead the PLSA’s work on six priority themes: pensions adequacy, pensions dashboards, responsible investment, DB funding, key challenges for the LGPS, and DC decumulation.
In addition to the six appointments, there have also been almost 30 other appointments made to the PLSA’s policy committees. These are nine appointments to the DB committee, 10 appointments to the DC committee, seven appointments to the master trust committee and two appointments to the Local Authority committee.
PLSA director of policy and advocacy, Nigel Peaple, says: “The PLSA’s policy governance, which encompasses both the Policy Board and the four policy committees, help us develop solutions to the big policy issues facing pensions and the more day to day, but equally important, regulatory issues, that confront our members.
“All the best ideas and expert understanding comes from our membership so the role played by the PLSA members on our committees is vital.”