Appointments

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has appointed Rob Groves as chief investment officer (CIO).

Gavin Moffatt has been made associate by City Noble.

Simon Kew has joined Deloitte's corporate finance pension's team as an assistant director.

Richard Pettit has been made partner at Burges Salmon, bringing the number of pensions partners at the firm to six.

David James and Dan Naylor are set to be promoted to pensions partner at law firm Travers Smith from 1 July.

Ros Altmann is set to become a Tory peer after the government confirmed its intention to make the new pensions minister a baroness.

Irwin Mitchell has added a fifth lawyer from DWF to its expanding pensions team since December, with Andrew Ashley Taylor coming on board as partner.

Law firm Walker Morris has expanded its pensions team with the promotions of Jo Ratcliffe and Tamsin Tinkler and hire of Ruth Bamforth.

Mario Conti has been appointed a trustee executive by BESTrustees.

Senior associate Ben Fairhead and legal director Julian Sladdin have been made partners at Pinsent Masons.