The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 6 February 2026.
Dalriada Trustees has hired Rosy Anand from Fidelity International as its new head of defined contribution (DC) trusteeship.
At Fidelity, Anand was a director for the company’s £11.2bn master trust and its independent governance committee, which oversees Fidelity’s contract-based DC offering. She has also worked in leadership roles at Aviva and Legal & General.
Adrian Kennett, managing director at Dalriada Trustees, said DC was a strategic priority for his organisation. He added: “The DC governance market is going through a period of massive growth and change. Consolidation, revised Value for Money requirements, at-retirement solutions, and the introduction of pensions dashboards are some of the drivers behind this change.
“The trusteeship market needs to rise to the challenge of protecting member outcomes through and beyond this change. Rosy’s experience, credibility and strong market profile make her an excellent addition to our leadership team.”
Pensions UK hires Nest policy chief to lead DC work
Pensions UK has appointed Philip Brown as its new head of DC and master trusts to lead the trade body’s work on this growing area of the pensions industry. Read the full article.
IGG hires Woodhouse from rival
Meanwhile, Independent Governance Group (IGG) has recruited Dalriada’s Mark Woodhouse as a trustee director, based in Scotland.
He is a fellow of the Pensions Management Institute and has worked in consulting and administration roles at Aon, as well as two spells at Dalriada.
Grant Suckling, IGG’s chief commercial officer, said Woodhouse brought “deep experience” and “a strong track record of supporting schemes through complex governance and funding issues”.
Suckling added: “As demand for experienced, high-quality trustees continues to grow, Mark’s appointment reflects our ongoing investment in senior trustee capability to meet the needs of our growing client portfolio and their increasingly complex requirements.”
LGPS pools make senior hires as new landscape takes shape
LGPS Central has appointed Nicola Dymond (pictured) as chief operations and technology officer, and confirmed David Kane as its permanent chief finance officer. Separately, Local Pensions Partnership Investments has appointed Roelie van Wijk as a non-executive director. Read the full article.
New chair for Penfold
Penfold has named Jonathan Schneider as chair of its board. Schneider is an experienced fintech investor whose track record includes chairing small business lender Iwoca, and supporting the scaling up of companies including Capital Step and Provira.
At Penfold, the company said Schneider would work with the executive team on strategy, fundraising, and expansion.
Chris Eastwood, chief executive and co-founder of Penfold, said: “Jonathan has been in the trenches of the fintech world for two decades. He’s seen the full lifecycle of a growth business, from first fundraise to eventual exit.
“As Penfold scales, having that breadth of perspective on our board is a massive advantage. He understands our mission to fix a broken pension system, and he has the commercial capability to help us get there faster.”
Schneider added: “Pensions are a company’s most expensive employee benefit – and the one that’s least well understood by employees… The [Penfold] team has built a pension product that delivers real value and I’m excited to support the business through its dramatic growth.”
IFM appoints research chief
IFM Investors has hired Jeff Chee as global head of investment research. He joins the infrastructure investor – whose investors include Nest and Australian superannuation funds – from WTW where he worked for 25 years, most recently as head of portfolio strategy.
Chee’s role at IFM is a newly created position that the company said would support its “commitment to providing clients with forward-looking research that helps support long-term, client-aligned investment outcomes and solutions”.
IFM said its new research capability would also help ensure consistency across its business and support “investment and product strategy”.
Rekha Misra, head of product strategy and innovation at IFM Investors, said: “We believe the global head of investment research role will supercharge the way we use data to inform our investment and product strategies, helping us deliver on our purpose to invest, protect and grow the long-term retirement savings of working people.”
Heka appoints UK pensions chief
Hattie Tales has joined data specialist Heka Global as its new head of UK pensions to lead its operations following a period of significant growth.
She joins from financial data tracing company GBG where she was business development director. Tales has previously held business development and sales roles at data specialists and retirement income companies.
Heka chief executive officer and co-founder Idan Bar-Dov said: “With the pensions dashboard deadline fast approaching, and growing regulatory scrutiny around data integrity, we are seeing an unprecedented focus among UK pension providers on boosting data accuracy…
“Hattie’s appointment will enable us to continue to build our UK pensions presence and help to bring the benefits of our unique digital capabilities to a growing number of UK pension funds and their members.”
