Appointments

Towers Watson has expanded its sustainable investment team with a senior hire from Mercer.

UK - Towers Watson has expanded its sustainable investment team with a senior hire from Mercer.

The Pensions Advisory Service has appointed Marta Phillips as chief executive.

NETHERLANDS - Robeco board member and chief executive of Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) Sander van Eijkern has resigned over a "difference of opinion with respect to the future strategy" of the Dutch asset manager.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed Martine Trouard-Riolle as a director in its pension credit advisory team.

HR Trustees has promoted Graham Withers to head of operations.

US - Russell Investments has tapped two Barclays Global Investors executives formerly tasked with growing its ETF arm iShares to help Russell build out products related to the exchange traded funds business.

Towers Watson has expanded its investment team with six new hires.

UK - Lawrence Churchill is to leave his post as chairman of the Pension Protection Fund to become the first chairman of NEST Corporation, the trustee body overseeing the country's new personal accounts scheme.

Lawrence Churchill is to leave the Pension Protection Fund to become the first chairman of NEST Corporation.