TPR has appointed Ben Gunnee to the role of interim executive director, Market Oversight.
Gunnee is a senior institutional business leader with over 25 years’ experience in the pensions market, with roles in investment consulting, fiduciary management and private markets asset management.
As part of this new role at TPR Gunnee will help with TPR’s ongoing transition to a more prudential-style of regulation, as the pensions landscape consolidates towards larger schemes. He will also be responsible for the teams that supervise and engage with the businesses and trustees in the pensions market.
Alongside Gunnee’s interim appointment, TPR is launching a recruitment exercise to appoint a permanent executive director for market oversight, led by head-hunters Odgers.
Gunnee will lead the market oversight directorate from 23 February, replacing current interim executive director Julian Lyne. Lyne joined TPR on an interim basis last April, and is to join an investment firm following a handover period with Gunnee.
Nausicaa Delfas, CEO of The Pensions Regulator, says: “[Gunnee’s] financial services expertise and market knowledge will be invaluable as we focus on the practical implementation of the pension reform agenda and deliver the best possible outcomes for savers.”
Gunnee joins from Gresham House, where he was head of institutional sales and business development. Gresham House has been contacted for comment regarding his replacement in the role.