Appointments

Paul McGlone will take over from Hugh Nolan as the next president of the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) on 1 June, the trade body has announced.

Professional trustee firm BESTrustees has appointed Huw Evans as a member of its board as it eyes future growth of the business.

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and Jupiter Asset Management have become the latest firms to sign up to the Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) code of transparency.

RPMI Railpen has promoted Richard Williams to chief investment officer and Paul Bishop to head of private markets as part of a leadership restructure.

The defined benefit (DB) Costain Pension Scheme has appointed Trafalgar House as administrator following its decision to outsource for the first time.

The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has named Robert Branagh as its managing director following the retirement of Mike Allen.

Ian Greenwood has been appointed to lead the £46bn Northern Pool, which was set up by the local government pension funds for Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and Merseyside.

Pensions and risk consultancy Hymans Robertson has appointed Alistair Russell-Smith as head of its corporate defined benefit (DB) practice, effective from 1 April.

John Ball has been appointed as the Church of England Pension Board's new chief executive officer (CEO).

Edward Levy has been appointed as a trustee director at Law Debenture in a bid to expand its trustee team.