Lane Clark & Peacock appoints five partners

Michaels, a qualified actuary, joined LCP in 2004 and is a member of LCP's investment consulting team. He advises a range of companies on pension scheme investment strategies.

Frisby is a qualified chartered accountant and joined LCP's investment consulting team last year, where he provides investment advice to trustee and corporate clients, and leads LCP's research on diversified growth managers. He has 12 years investment consulting experience.

Smith joined LCP in 2007 and is part of the firm's employee benefits consulting team. He has more than 18 years' experience in advising employers and trustees on design, management and communication of pension and employee benefit plans.

Clark joined LCP in 2005 after he qualified as an actuary. He specialises in delivering advice to UK and international companies and trustees on the future of their defined benefit pension schemes.

Cuddeford is a qualified actuary and is a member of LCP's international consulting practice. He specialises on Italian employee benefit issues and advises clients on risk appraisal.

LCP senior partner Martin Slack commented: "These promotions reflect LCP's continued growth and the tremendous talent and knowledge LCP is fortunate to have across its different practice areas.

"We continuously strive to provide our clients with the best expertise and advise in the market, and the combined skills and experience of Nick, Phil, Mark, Kevin and Adam have added considerable strength across the firm."

Robert Ruiz has also been promoted from senior consultant to principal. He joined LCP in 2005 and specialises in the evaluation and development of mathematical models and actuarial consultancy software tools.