Appointments

Vassos Vassou has been hired by Dalriada Trustees to grow business in London and the South East.

AXA Life Invest has hired a regional sales manager and eight retirement specialists to be advisers' first point of contact for the firm's drawdown products.

Adam Grainger has been appointed chief operating officer of European defined contribution (DC) business at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).

Eversheds has been appointed to provide legal advice to the trustee of the P&O Pension Scheme, with effect from May 2016.

Matthew Fletcher has been made a senior consultant in Aon Hewitt's risk settlement group.

Andrew Turnbull (pictured above) has been hired to lead trustee appointments by Independent Trustee Services (ITS) and will be based in Leeds.

Clive Shelton has been appointed chairman of the Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA). He replaces Tony Solway who finishes his term on 30 June.

Jane Higgins has been promoted to partner and Jessica Kerslake to counsel in the London-based pensions team of Allen & Overy.

Martin Collins has joined KPMG as director of its team that advises banks and trustees on managing pension liabilities.

Aviva Investors has appointed Florian de Chaisemartin as director of its London-based infrastructure debt team.