Topic: Business Announcement

B&CE, provider of The People’s Pension, has appointed Pat Billingham as a Non-Executive Director

Pat has extensive board experience and currently holds non-executive directorships at Exemplas, RenaissanceRe Syndicate Management, Huntsworth Group where she is Chair of Audit, and Aldwyck Housing Group, where she is Chair of the Group Board.

Commenting on the appointment of Pat Billingham, Babloo Ramamurthy, Chairman of B&CE, said:

“We are delighted to announce the appointment of Pat at B&CE. She has an exceptional wealth of experience to bring to our Board, having held positions at a wide range of companies in multiple sectors, particularly across both health and money.

“As we move forward, not only growing our financial business but also building our new occupational health product, her experience will be invaluable to B&CE.”

Pat will join B&CE’s Board in early July 2018 and will chair B&CE’s Group Audit and Risk Committee from January 2019.

Commenting on her new appointment, Pat said:

“I’m excited to be joining the Board of B&CE and I’m fully committed to the company’s aims of creating simple financial products to meet the needs of working people. It’s essential that customers understand what they’re buying and why they’re buying it, especially when asked to pay for something that they won’t receive for many years to come. B&CE’s aim of making the complex understandable is much needed within the sector and I will be pleased to play my part in achieving this goal.”

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The People’s Pension has appointed David Maddison to its Board of Trustees

Well-known across the pensions industry, he brings a wealth of experience from nearly thirty years at RPMI, most recently as scheme managing director, where he leads a function dedicated to supporting the Railways Pension Scheme trustee board. He is a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute, an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Chartered Director from the Institute of Directors.

David is also a Non-Executive Director of Health Shield Friendly Society Ltd serving as chairman of the Business Development and Investment Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration and Pensions Governance Committees.

Commenting on his appointment, he said:

“I am really pleased to be joining The People’s Pension, which has had outstanding success to date with an impressive trustee board and executive team. I’m looking forward to bringing my experience and challenge to the table and to play a part in The People’s Pension’s continued development.”

David will start his role from June 1 2018.

Commenting on the appointment, Steve Delo, Chair of The People’s Pension Trustee, said:

“David is a respected figure across the pensions industry, and we are delighted that he will be joining the Trustee. His energy, expertise and experience will help ensure that we continue to provide excellent value for money for our members, putting them at the heart of everything we do.”

After reaching the end of his two-year term, Ruston Smith is stepping down from the Trustee from May 31 2018.

Commenting on the departure, Steve Delo added:

“Ruston has been a great asset to the Trustee during the past two years, and it’s been fantastic working alongside him. We wish him all the best.”

Sue Lewis, who joined the board in April 2016, has also been reappointed for a further term of two years.

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