Appointments

Capital Cranfield has hired Peter Thompson and Fiona Stark as professional trustees in response to strong demand from pension funds.

B&CE has hired Tim Gosling as head of pensions policy as Andy Tarrant steps down from the master trust.

The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) has appointed Now Pensions founder Morten Nilsson as chief executive of its investment management and advisory arm.

Paul Dickinson has replaced Emma Howard Boyd as chair of ShareAction after her three-year tenure.

Paul Maguire has joined Barnett Waddingham as investment consultant to the charity and not-for-profits sector as part of plans to bolster the business.

Defined benefit (DB) consolidator The Pension Superfund has appointed Chris Hitchen as its founding chairman and has hinted of further appointments in the near future.

Barry McKay has joined Barnett Waddingham to build its public sector pensions business after more than 22 years working for Hymans Robertson, PP can reveal.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has named the 17 members of its inaugural policy board after a competitive application process with 60 candidates.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has announced it will shrink its board by more than one-third as part of a governance overhaul to make it "agile and more appropriate".

The Royal Mail Pension Plan (RMPP), which manages £10bn of assets on behalf of more than 120,000 members across the UK, has appointed Richard Law-Deeks as chief executive.