Appointments

Brooks Macdonald Employee Benefits has expanded its reach by creating a York-based team to complement its London counterpart.

Gallagher Employee Benefits has appointed Alan Redwood as a new business development director in a bid to increase its senior management team.

National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) director of policy Darren Philp is to leave the lobbying group joining B&CE in a similar capacity.

Standard Life Investments has appointed Neil Odom-Haslett as head of commercial real estate lending to lead the group's entry into this market in the UK.

Friends Life has appointed John Van Der Wielen chief executive of its UK and international divisions as David Hynam leaves the UK role after just eight months in post.

Aon Hewitt has increased the size of its benefits solutions team with the appointment of Stephanie Valles to business development manager to help cope with more client demand for its services.

Now Pensions has almost tripled the size of its sales team in anticipation of the next phase of automatic enrolment (AE), increasing its staff from 12 to 32.

Matt Frost has taken up the role of chief executive at Shilling as founder Kevin Shilling becomes chairman.

Mark Skinner has been appointed to the UK advisory board of Momentum Global Investment Management (GIM).

Lord John Hutton is to leave his role as MyCSP chairman, it has been announced.