Chris Hawley

Risk Transfer Partner

Barnett Waddingham

Chris has over 20 years' experience of advising on defined benefit (DB) pension issues including risk reduction exercises, scheme funding and insurance transactions.

He is a Partner in our specialist bulk annuity team where he has helped manage transactions with insurance companies for buy-ins and buyouts. His experience includes working with schemes under £5m in assets to around £0.5bn. He has particular experience in pioneering new solutions including smaller scheme solutions as well as supporting transactions with newer insurers.

Nikhil Patel

Principal and Senior Risk Transfer Actuary

Barnett Waddingham

Nikhil is a Principal and Senior Risk Transfer Actuary, primarily focussed on working with trustees and sponsors of DB pension schemes to identify and implement risk transfer solutions. 

He is an experienced adviser, providing advice on full scheme buy-in and buy-out transactions of all sizes. Nikhil's main area of expertise is working with clients to determine their overall pensions strategy and advising on the preparation, approach to market and implementation of buy-ins and buy-outs.

Richard Gibson

Risk Transfer Partner

Barnett Waddingham

Richard is a qualified actuary, advising pension scheme trustees and corporate sponsors on managing the risk exposure within pension arrangements.

Richard is a consulting actuary with a wide practice advising pension scheme trustees and corporate sponsors on managing the risk exposure within pension arrangements. Richard provides a full range of services to pension scheme trustees including valuations, longevity analysis, review of actuarial factors and ongoing financial management and governance.

Ian Mills

Partner and Head of DB Endgame Strategy

Barnett Waddingham

Ian advises pension trustees and sponsors on investment and risk management strategies. He helps to develop Barnett Waddingham’s investment consulting services to DB pension schemes.

He provides clear and actionable advice that helps pension schemes take control of their situation and focusses on the issues that will have the biggest impact. Ian has over 20 years’ experience helping pension schemes invest their assets in the best possible ways to achieve their endgame goal.  

David Barnett

Partner and Senior Investment Consultant

Barnett Waddingham

David is a Partner and Senuor Investment Consultant. His experience is in leading investment advice and providing strong outcomes as a trusted adviser to pension schemes of all sizes.

He believes in setting clear and robust strategic investment objectives to both manage risk, but also to create opportunities for long-term, sustainable investment outcomes. He achieves this by building individual relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring understanding of the issues and to communicate clear and constructive solutions.

Simon True

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Clara Pensions

Simon is Chief Executive Officer of Clara Pensions, the member-first consolidator of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. Simon is a highly respected life insurance executive, with over 30 years’ experience in the industry, working with trustees, sponsors, regulators and advisors to deliver improved ourcomes for pension scheme members.

Clara recently completed the UK’s second ever superfund transaction - moving 10,000 members of the Debenhams pension scheme out of Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment and starting their journey to an insured future. Clara now has 20,000 members and £1.2 billion of assets under its care. 

Emily Rowley

Associate Director

Sackers

Emily is an Associate Director at Sackers. She advises trustees and employers on a wide range of pensions matters for both DB and DC schemes. She has particular expertise in pensions taxation, public sector pensions and the complexities that arise with non-associated multi-employer schemes.

She's recently been assisting clients with preparing for and implementing risk transfers, governance reviews, monitoring cyber security risks and ongoing DC compliance.

Jack Sharman

Principal and Senior Consulting Actuary

Barnett Waddingham

Jack is a Principal and Senior Consulting Actuary, providing advice to trustees and sponsoring employers of DB pension schemes. He helps them understand and effectively manage the risks associated with their schemes. 

Jack advises clients on all aspects of DB pension provision, and has particular expertise in innovations in the risk settlement market, having been closely involved in Barnett Waddingham’s work in relation to capital-backed consolidation vehicles since their inception.

Matt Tickle

Partner and Chief Investment Officer

Barnett Waddingham

Matt is Chief Investment Officer at BW. He runs the research team who are responsible for research into capital markets, managers and our market outlooks. He has over two decades of experience in strategy setting, manager selection, liability hedging, long-term investment de-risking and DC work.

Matt also acts as investment consultant to a wide range of DB pension schemes, endowments and charities. He advises both trustees and employers on investment strategy, pension economics, manager selection and implementation under a variety of governance models. His reputation for providing clear advice has helped him to become a well-known and trusted advisor to a wide range of investors.

Sarah Lochlund

Partner and Senior Investment Consultant

Barnett Waddingham

Sarah is a Partner and Senior Investment Consultant. She works with clients to develop clear strategies for achieving their investment objectives, ensuring they're tailored to reflect their individual beliefs and constraints.

Sarah is also head of our 35-strong Investment Research Team, leading our innovative thinking and supporting our consultants in delivering the best investment solutions across our diverse base of institutional clients. As a result, she is familiar with a wide range of investment solutions.

Andy Harrison

Director

Law Debenture

Andrew is a Co-Trustee for seven and Chair for a further four DB and hybrid pension schemes, varying in size from around £50 million to three that are over £10 billion. He also chairs a number of investment committees, ESG working groups, and several specialist endgame investment sub-groups. He has extensive risk transfer experience and was closely involved in several of the largest buy-ins transacted to date. 

Andrew has over 30 years of experience in fixed income investment, working in investment banking and investment management. He has extensive experience of designing, implementing and managing liability driven investment strategies and also income generating end-game investment strategies covering a broad spectrum of asset classes including alternatives. 

He holds a BSc in Mathematics and Management from Kings College London and an MSc in Operational Research from The London School of Economics. 

Nadeem Ladha

Trustee Director

20-20 Trustees

Nadeem is a Trustee Director with 20-20 Trustees Limited. An actuary by qualification and having been strategic adviser at PwC and Hymans Robertson, Nadeem focuses on end-game execution, journey planning and investment strategy. Nadeem acts as trustee on ten schemes ranging from £40m to £1.5bn in assets, a number of which are sponsored by UK and overseas listed organisations. Nadeem is also the Chief Strategy Officer providing strategic oversight across 20-20 Trustee’s sole trustee portfolio, and leads the 20-20 Trustees risk transfer team.

Daniel Barlow

Law Debenture

Daniel is a qualified solicitor and accredited professional pension trustee who represents Law Debenture as chair, co-trustee and corporate sole trustee on a variety of schemes ranging in size from £10m to £2bn+. Daniel has broad experience of governance in the corporate and charitable as well as pensions sectors and of operating within different governance structures. Daniel is a member of the SPP Council and the Advisory Council of trustee liability insurer, OPDU. He was formerly Head of Trustee Services for PwC and Company Secretary & Chief Legal Adviser for Tata Global Beverages.