Appointments

The biggest stories on PP this week were warnings that decent retirement could mean working until age 85, and the risks to members from pooling the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

Tim Banks has left AB to look for other career opportunities after working at the asset management firm for five years.

Councillor Roger Phillips has been appointed chairman of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) advisory board and succeeds Joanne Segars who is stepping down.

Paul Blackmur has been appointed as a senior consultant by Pi Consulting as the firm sees increasing demand for governance services.

Jonathan Kennedy has been appointed as director of change and technology at Standard Life Investments and will start work on 29 March in the new position.

Paul Armitage has been made principal consultant at the National Pension Trust, Xafinity's fully flexible defined contribution (DC) master trust.

Andrew Coles has been made head of UK pensions at KPMG and will succeed Andrew Cawley who is retiring on 1 March after 21 years with the firm.

Hermes Investment Management has appointed CEO of Hermes Equity Ownership (EOS) Colin Melvin to global head of stewardship.

Robert McElvanney has been hired as a senior portfolio strategist by Santander Asset Management (SAM) and will work in the institutional side of the business.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has boosted its infrastructure division with the appointment of Erik Westermark as senior investment associate.