Appointments

Xafinity Consulting has appointed former KPMG partner Jeff Hunt as deputy managing director.

Standard Life has appointed Peter Kane and Martyn Chappell to senior business development roles in its workplace division.

Eversheds partner Terry Saeedi and three colleagues have joined rival law firm Gordons to launch its pension team.

Lady Barbara Judge will serve as chairman of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) until 2016, after having her £60,000-a-year contract renewed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Barnett Waddingham has promoted four of its associates to partner, bringing the consultant's total number of partners to 60.

Investec Asset Management (AM) has appointed former Investment Management Association (IMA) chief executive Richard Saunders as a non-executive director.

Crispin Henderson, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Threadneedle who stepped back from the role in March, is to retire from the industry at the end of the week.

Standard Life has appointed Barry O'Dwyer, previously of Prudential, as managing director of its workplace proposition.

Consultants Barnett Waddingham has appointed Damien Stancombe as partner to lead the firm's defined contribution (DC) and employee benefits team.

Insight Investment has hired Paul Trickett as a non-executive director subject to Financial Services Authority (FSA) approval.