Appointments

Punter Southall Investment Consulting has appointed Gaurav Gupta as a senior investment analyst as it expands its business.

BESTrustees has appointed Simon Holt to help accelerate the firm's growth, replacing Annie Healy who left earlier this year.

Sackers has promoted pension lawyers Jacqui Reid, Ralph McClelland and Lucy Dunbar to partners, bringing the total number up to 28 across the firm.

Aberdeen Life has appointed NEST chair Otto Thoresen and David Hare as non-executive directors to its board.

Schroders has appointed Tom Binks to its fiduciary management team, as the firm looks to grow the business.

Frank Field will return to the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) as chairman following the general election, it has been confirmed.

Marcus Fink will join PwC's pensions team as a director this month as the firm looks to grow its legal practice.

Girish Menezes has been appointed head of pensions administration by Premier, joining from KPMG where he led the administration business for 18 months.

Michel Iglesias del Sol has been named head of investment strategy and part of the management team in Kempen Capital Management's client solutions team.

RPMI Railpen has appointed Paul Nathan as chief operating officer (COO) to support all investment activity at the £25bn Railways Pension Scheme.