Appointments

Xerox has promoted Vishal Makkar to head of retirement in the UK and principal, and Wes Jones to principal.

The Transparency Task Force (TTF) has named Jackie Beard as the latest addition to its ambassador team.

Sackers has promoted five lawyers in a shake-up of its defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) pensions team.

Ajeet Manjrekar has returned to P-Solve after leaving his previous job at Deutsche Bank spin-off Global Thematic Partners.

Sarah Steel has been appointed senior new business consultant at Hymans Robertson, after leaving Aon Hewitt.

Charlotte Obahiagbon has been appointed head of finance at NOW: Pensions, after leaving her position as managing director at Totemic Lending.

Mark Fox has been appointed senior scheme secretary at Inside Pensions.

Paul Trickett has joined Aviva Life as a non-executive director, after stepping down from a number of trustee roles.

Cosan Consulting has hired John Reeve as a director, after he had worked at Premier for nine years.

The Transparency Task Force (TTF) has appointed Robin Powell to campaign for transparency on costs and charges from asset managers.