Pensions World

Pensions World keeps you up to date with the latest news of hires and flyers

Consultants

Mike Addenbrooke, CEO of Capita Hartshead, Capita’s pension administration and consultancy business, has been appointed as its first non-executive chairman.

Paul Pindar, chief executive of the Capita Group, said: “Mike has been instrumental in building Capita Hartshead into the UK’s leading pension administration and consultancy business. I have been keen to put in place a succession plan which minimised the risk to the business of Mike’s eventual departure and I am delighted that we have agreed one that will ensure that Capita Hartshead continues on its current, successful path.”

Capita Hartshead Actuarial and Consultancy Services has made two new appointments to its investment consulting team. Brendan Coffey joins as senior investment consultant from HSBC Actuaries and Heena Desai has been appointed as associate consultant. She moves across from the firm’s annuity team.

Jessica Everitt has joined Aon Hewitt’s UK engagement team as a project manager. She was previously at global insurance company XL Services.

First Actuarial has added Neal Thompson to its actuarial consultancy team.

The firm has also appointed Simon Davies, previously at  Standard Life, to lead its UK defined contribution consulting team.

Alexander Forbes appoints Dorian Hannington, who has more than 25 years’ experience, as head of flexible benefits.

Law firms

Osborne Clarke has strengthened its pensions team with the hire of CMS Cameron McKenna partner, Keith Webster. Keith, who has 15 years’ experience, becomes the fourth partner in the team.

Communications

GR Communications has added Jo Hill, previously of Capita Hartshead, to its account management team. Jo has many years’ experience in PR and marketing.

Investment

J P Morgan Asset Management has hired Monique Stephens as a client adviser within the group’s UK institutional team. She joins from Invesco Perpetual. Reporting to Simon Chinnery, head of UK institutional, she will concentrate on building relationships with key institutional clients, specifically UK based pension schemes.

Janus Capital International has appointed former Lazard Asset Management senior vice president, Jamie Wong, as head of consultant relations, EMEA and Asia.

Geoff Burnand, chief investment officer at Charity Bank, and Adam Frost, head of governance and social and environmental research at Sarasin & Partners, become UKSIF directors.