Appointments

Barnett Waddingham has promoted six of its staff to partners, and another 12 to associates.

Xafinity has made Dave Hodges head of the National Pension Trust to help grow the master trust's proposition.

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has appointed Ruth Palmer as learning director where she will review its qualifications suite and develop its education strategy.

TPT Retirement Solutions has named Simon Hart as trustee services delivery manager, taking over from Mike Furbank who left for The Trustees Office in March.

Andrew Warwick-Thompson will step down as executive director for regulatory policy at The Pensions Regulator to join the £40bn LGPS Central as chief executive.

Ian Burke has left the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) after working there for nearly seven years to join Trafalgar House as a senior business analyst.

Now Pensions has appointed John Rowland as a non-executive director to sit on its commercial board and replace Bo Foged.

Allen & Overy has promoted Andy Cork to counsel and Francesca Parnell to senior associate.

PTL has revealed its new board of directors that includes former Tesco group pensions director Ruston Smith, after its management buyout announced last week.

Outgoing Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) chief executive Joanne Segars has been appointed non-executive chairwoman of the Central local government pension scheme (LGPS) pool.