Appointments

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed Mark Boyle as chairman from 1 April for a four-year term, replacing Michael O'Higgins, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

The Bank of England (BOE) has announced the appointment of Ben Broadbent as deputy governor for monetary policy, responsible for chairing meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in the governor's absence.

Towers Watson has appointed Jo Kite to the newly-created role of head of pensions and benefits in its Scottish division.

Mercer has appointed partner Alan Baker as UK head of defined benefit (DB) risk, replacing Ali Tayyebi who will concentrate on client work.

Blackrock has named Simon Pardoe as head of proposition to its defined contribution (DC) team in a bid to develop bundled and investment-only workplace services.

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.