Appointments

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WRAGGE & Co head of international Christopher Hughes has been appointed as senior independent director at the Pension Protection Fund.

Dan Taylor has been made head of UK administration business at Premier Pensions Management.

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has appointed Eilin O'Carroll as vice-president of product development.

Northern Trust has appointed David Copley to take on the newly-created position of head of investment operations outsourcing for Europe.

Jardine Lloyd Thompson has appointed Carol Perry as director of its Independent Trustee Services subsidiary. She will be based in London.

RICHARD Knight has been made partner at Burges Salmon's pension team.

HEWITT Associates has appointed Russell Fradin to succeed Dale Gifford as its chairman and chief executive.

MERCER HR Consulting has hired former Watson Wyatt European managing partner and US regional manager Alan Whalley as its new UK chief executive and market leader.

THE £3bn London Pensions Fund Authority has hired Suzanne Ross as its investment director.