This week's people on the move, are...
This week’s people on the move are…
Mikulskis swaps mic for macroeconomy
Podcaster and LCP lead investment adviser Dan Mikulskis has been appointed chief investment officer of the People’s Partnership, provider of the People’s Pension.
Dan will lead the investment team which oversees the investments of the members of The People’s Pension, where assets under management are currently £21bn.
Mikulskis said: “The vast majority of the investment industry is made up of commercial entities, beholden to shareholders, so to join a not-for-profit that can think independently, and put its members at the heart of its decisions, was a huge opportunity for me.”
Anish Rav returns to the Capita fold
After an eight-month stint as Smart Pensions’ director of retirement, Anish Rav has rejoined Capita as director of pensions policy.
Barnett Waddingham appoints Craig Turnball
Barnett Waddingham has appointed Craig Turnball as a partner in its insurance and longevity consulting team. He joins from the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulatory Authority, where he was a senior technical specialist in the insurance directorate.
At BW, Turnball will lead advisory services to life groups on the regulatory-driven aspects of their investment, risk and capital operations.
Scott Eason, head of insurance at BW, said: “Craig’s knowledge of economic modelling and regulatory requirements will be invaluable to our client base.”
Tom Bulpitt is one of three senior hires for Just Group
Just Group has bolstered its defined benefit de-risking business by hiring Tom Bulpitt, Richard Wood and Andy Fryer.
Bulpitt joins from European insurance consolidation group Athora, where he led its work on capital strategy. At Just Group, as director of pricing and reinsurance for its DB de-risking business, he will lead in these two areas as well as implementing a new platform.
Meanwhile, Richard Wood will lead reinsurance execution and Andy Fryer will be head of proposition development.
Pretty Sagoo, Managing Director of DB Solutions at Just Group, said: “These three highly talented and experienced hires are great news for our fast growing DB de-risking business.”
Hymans Robertson promotes Lisa Whitfield to head of strategic relationships
Hymans Robertson has promoted Lisa Whitfield to a newly created role: head of strategic relationships in the pensions market.
She will become a member of the pensions leadership team and focus on developing relationships with independent trustees, law firms, third party evaluators, covenant assessors and more.
Whitfield said: "During the past few years I’ve had the privilege of getting to know some fabulous people across the pensions market and am excited about deepening and expanding these relationships. This has been especially rewarding in the work I’ve done helping to join up schemes, sponsors, and professional trustees through our Professional Trustee Programme. In this new role I’m particularly looking forward to the increased time I’ll be spending with the professional trustee community. Professional trustees provide such a valuable contribution to the industry, using their expertise to ensure schemes are making the best choices for their members.”
