Appointments: Hymans Robertson, First Actuarial, Heywood

Hymans Robertson has promoted Iain Campbell to head of LGPS investments.

He joined the consultancy firm’s defined benefit (DB) team in 2020 from JLT Employee Benefits, and specialises in investment advice to local authority pension funds. Earlier in his career, Campbell was an investments manager at the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, and has also worked as an analyst at Mercer.

Campbell said: “My focus will be on making sure we continue to provide best-in-market advice, supporting new and current clients to work through their investment challenges. For most, these include strategic decisions like how to get the most out of pooling or how to invest for the best in an environment of surpluses.

“Meanwhile, the ever-evolving issues of regulatory change, climate risk and biodiversity loss require nuanced understanding. My experience working as an officer within the LGPS gives me a unique perspective when it comes to our clients and the work they do.”

New CEO at Heywood Pension Technologies

Specialist pension technology firm Heywood has appointed Sian Jones as chief executive officer.

Jones joined the company in 2021 as chief operating officer and has been interim CEO since last year, following the death of previous chief executive Fraser Smart.

Heywood chairman Chris Humphrey said Jones had been “instrumental in strengthening the business and in putting the company in a very strong position for its next stage of growth”.

First Actuarial names business development head

Sam Mullock has been appointed head of business development and marketing at First Actuarial.

He joined the company in 2017 and was made a partner two years later. He has previously worked for other consultancy companies including LCP, Buck and Aon.

Mullock said the firm was “busier than ever” and actively growing its business development team to search for new opportunities.