A bit about me
When I am not working or spending time with my family, I will be found Scouting, reading, or puzzling! I am the Scout Leader, Duke of Edinburgh Award leader, and air rifle instructor at my local scout group, working with young people aged 6-18. I love it because we spend as much time as possible outside, teaching and challenging the Scouts to be the best they can be – which drives me to be the best I can be too. I am particularly fond of the camping, hiking, and shooting aspects of Scouting, but I also enjoy the climbing and pioneering. I read a lot – often history and murder mysteries (and historical murder mysteries), and I do love a good jigsaw puzzle. There is something very satisfying about making order from chaos!
Experience
I joined Muse in 2024 and have more than 28 years’ experience from the grassroots up of pensions administration and operations, administration management, consultancy, project management, Trustee secretariat, and pension scheme management, gained with both third-party providers and in-house.
Most recently I was the Scheme Manager of the Fidelity Master Trust, supporting the trustee board and sub-committees, and ensuring they had what they needed when they needed it to make good and efficient decisions. I had a focus on governance and ongoing compliance with the Supervisory regime, and the relationship with TPR. As Scheme Manager, I also supported Fidelity’s Independent Governance Committee in their oversight role for contract schemes and their compliance with the FCA’s COBS.
Prior to that I was Head of Pension Operations at Fujitsu Services, managing the DB administration, pensions specialist (consultancy), pensions systems, and pensions accounting teams, whilst also managing external service providers to the pension department, leading on large scale projects, and performing trustee secretarial duties for two trustee boards and one subcommittee.
I believe in building and being part of strong teams that pull together so that members, trustees, and employers get the best possible retirement outcomes.
Qualifications & Industry links
- ProfPMI
- BA (Hons) English Literature and Classical Studies
