NAPF appoints first woman chair

Michael Klimes
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Lesley Williams has been appointed the first woman chairperson of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) and will succeed incumbent Ruston Smith whose two year term ends in October.

She will take up her position after the NAPF annual general meeting in autumn. Williams is group pensions director at Whitbread and has held a non-executive directorship/ director role at the NA...

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