Appointments

Steven Hull has been appointed partner within Eversheds' London office and joins from the law firm Ashurst where he was head of the pensions department.

Former Buck Consultants' senior corporate actuary Colin Richardson has joined PTL as a client director within its growing Leeds office.

PwC has added two partners, Julia Dickson and Gavin Stoner, to its employer covenant assessment team, taking its number of staff to 50.

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) director of communications and engagement Graham Vidler will join the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) as director of external affairs in late spring.

Former Blackrock managing director Gary Smith has joined Capita Employee Benefits as head of defined contribution (DC) consulting with immediate effect.

Hymans Robertson has hired the National Employment Savings Trust's (NEST) John Taylor to run its Guided Outcomes (GO) proposition.

HM Treasury has appointed the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) Martin Clarke to replace Trevor Llanwarne as government actuary.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has appointed David Styles as director of corporate governance.

Towers Watson has appointed Ed Francis as head of investments for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), succeeding Chris Ford.

Virgin Media has announced former Britvic Soft Drinks group pensions and benefits manager David Roberts joined as head of pensions and benefits yesterday.