Movers and shakers w/e 25 August 2023

First Actuarial appoints French as a consultant in employer services team 

First Actuarial has appointed Camille French as a consultant in its employer services team, with a focus on defined contribution (DC) scheme governance and advice to employers in sectors such as social housing and independent schools.  

French joins from HUB Pension Consulting, where she was head of DB solutions. She has experience in both DB and DC and will help employers with the full range of pension provision while supporting First Actuarial’s growing financial wellbeing team. 

French will work with employers across all sectors will involve pension governance reviews, assessing all the DB and DC schemes in place, to ensure they remain fit for purpose.  

Holden is latest trustee director acquisition by IGG

Independent Governance Group (IGG), a provider of professional pensions trusteeship and governance services, has appointed Jo Holden as its latest trustee director.  

Holden joins from HSBC DC Master Trust, where she was head of governance  and responsible for managing the bank’s global pension risk exposure.

She brings more than 20 years of pensions industry experience, including four as a non-executive trustee director of Charterhouse Pensions.

Holden will focus a particular focus on DC projects, to provide good governance and risk management for pension schemes, drawing on her broad experience as a trustee, consultant and in-house sponsor expertise to provide robust advice on key regulatory requirements. 

She will be based across both the London and newly opened Bristol offices. 

K3 appoints Andrea Mendham as partner

Andrea Mendham has been appointed a partner at K3 Advisory.

Mendham joins from Just Group where she was involved in all aspects of bulk annuity transactions, leading relationships with professional trustees, and the buy in to buyout transaction team. Before that, she spent some time with the Pension Protection Fund.

Adam Davis, managing director of K3 said: “Over the last five years K3 has successfully transitioned a huge number of small schemes through their funding journey leaving them, and their members, in a much stronger position. 

“The UK market continues to evolve, we are experiencing increasing interest in our services, including on larger schemes who see value in our approach, and we expect this trend to buyout to continue – our team and our market presence has grown, and we continue to invest in the highest calibre of individuals to join our senior leadership”.