Appointments

Intelligent Pensions has hired Royal London's Fiona Tait as technical director as David Trenner steps down for retirement.

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has appointed Giles Fairhead as its chief risk officer (CRO).

Punter Southall Administration Limited (PSAL) has appointed Sarah Newell as its operations manager.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has announced head of equities David Cumming has stepped down from the firm.

RPMI Railpen has expanded its property team by naming Matthew Howard as the first holder of its head of property asset management post.

Michel Bernard has joined Amundi as global head of consultant relations after leaving Unigestion where he was UK head for institutional business development.

Tim Gardener has joined Aon Hewitt's investment team as partner after leaving AXA Investment Managers where he was global head of its institutional client group.

Dan McLaughlin, a former policy adviser for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), has been appointed head of public affairs and international at Smart Pension.

Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb and former shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont have been appointed to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) Pension Quality Mark (PQM) board.

ARC Pensions Law will nearly double its team later this year when it opens a Leeds office, and takes on a team from DLA Piper.