The Pensions Scams Industry Group has appointed Christine Sawyer to be the new chair of its Pensions Scams Industry Forum (PSIF).
She replace Tommy Burns, who has help the position since the voluntary group was formed in 2015.
Sawyer has over 20 years’ experience in the pensions industry, holding wide range of roles from pensions administrator, pensions consultant, head of business quality and pensions manager.
She is currently scheme manager at Invensys Pension Trustee Limited. Prior to this she was director at Huckleberry Consulting and Management.
Sawyer says that in this role she will try to ensure more scheme and individual trustees join this forum. “Schemes must fully comprehend the complexities of the various new regulations and work with providers to protect pension savers – by joining the PSIF they can gain more insight from their peers and put themselves in the strongest position possible to do this; solely relying on administration departments is not good enough.”
Margaret Snowdon chair at The Pensions Scams Industry Group says: “Our concept has always been a very simple one – by working together, rather than in isolation, we can combine our resources to develop a fuller and more informed intelligence picture and by doing so better protect members.
“We have made great strides over the last few years but, sadly, as scammers become more sophisticated there continues to be much to do. I would like to thank Tommy for all his sterling efforts getting us to this point and I am very much looking forward to working with Christine, who I know will continue to keep us one step ahead.”
