Appointments

Paul Lee has been appointed head of corporate governance at Aberdeen Asset Management.

Jim Smart has been elected to the board of BESTrustees.

The government has begun the recruitment process for a successor to departing Pensions Ombudsman Tony King.

Legal and General (L&G) director of mergers and acquisitions and strategy Wadham Downing is to step down from his role at the end of the year.

Ashlin Noonan has been appointed an investment consultant at Cartwright Group.

Stephen Nichols has been appointed head of strategy and development by Anthony Hodges Consulting (AHC).

BESTrustees has appointed Mercer's Rachel Brougham as a trustee executive to meet increasing demand from master trusts and insurers setting up independent governance committees (IGCs).

Richard Smith has been appointed consulting actuary by Spence and Partners.

Burges Salmon has made four appointments to its pensions team as Crispin Freeman, Charlotte Osmond, Amy Davies and Stacey Yon join the practice.

Nigel Stapleton has been appointed as chairman of the National Grid's UK pension scheme with effect from 1 November 2014.