Pensions industry movers and shakers w/e 27 October

Professional trustee provider Independent Governance Group (IGG) has appointed Clare Kember as its head of outsourced governance services.  

Kember has over 20 years of scheme governance and trusteeship experience and was appointed as a trustee director in April 2022, having worked for IGG for eight years prior to this.  

She succeeds John Lovell, trustee director and previous head of outsourced governance services. Lovell will retire at the end of the year.  

Andrew Bradshaw, CEO of IGG, said:“I am really pleased to announce Clare as our new Head of Outsourced Governance Services, which is a well deserved appointment. Our Outsourced Governance Services offering is a key service for clients, and one which is increasingly important in the face of growing administrative and regulatory burdens for in-house providers.” 

“On behalf of the whole team I would like to extend my thanks to John and his first-rate contribution to IGG, helping to shape the leading Outsourced Governance Services offering we are able to provide clients today. We wish him all the best and hope he enjoys retirement to the fullest.” 

The ICAEW appoints Alan Vallance

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ (ICAEW) has appointed Alan Vallance as its chief executive officer. Vallance will replace Michael Izza, who is due to retire in spring 2024.  

Vallance is currently the chief executive of the Chartered Insurance Institute. Prior to this, he was chief executive of RIBA from 2016 to 2022.  

The Financial Reporting Council’s CEO, Richard Moriarty, welcomed Vallance to his new role. Moriarty said: “Congratulations to Alan on his appointment as CEO of the ICAEW. I look forward to working closely with him on shared challenges and opportunities to support the important public interest work carried out by the accountancy profession.” 

Sackers hires three newly qualified lawyers

Law firm Sackers has hired three newly qualified lawyers as associates. Abigail Lynch, Navina Bagri and Imogen Dodd have joined the firm, taking Sackers' number of qualified lawyers to 70. 

David Saunders, senior partner, said: “It is so important for us to strengthen our team at all levels of qualification so that we can continue to meet our clients’ needs for high quality, cost-effective advice. As we head towards the end of an extremely busy year, Abigail, Navina and Imogen bring valuable and much-needed additional resource and are most welcome to Sackers.”