Left to right: Royal Mail Pension Trustees' Michael Airey; and The Association of Professional Pension Trustees' Christopher Wheeler and Julia Yates
This week’s movers include those at Royal Mail Pension Trustees and the Association of Professional Penson Trustees.
Royal Mail Pension Trustees CEO steps down
14 October
Royal Mail Pension Trustees chief executive (CEO) Michael Airey is set to step down from the role.
In a post on LinkedIn, Airey said, after 11 years at Royal Mail, he will be taking a career break in order to spend time abroad with his family.
Royal Mail is now recruiting his successor, with the job listing stating it is seeking an "exceptional" candidate to support it in its "next phase of strategic evolution".
It added the new CEO will "help shape the future direction of the plan, influence key strategic decisions and ensure the continued delivery of outstanding outcomes for members".
By Holly Roach
APPT appoints first co-chairs
12 October
The Association of Professional Pension Trustees (APPT) has appointed council members Christopher Wheeler and Julia Yates as co-chairs.
The pair will succeed current chair Rachel Croft and vice chair Vassos Vassou, who have completed their terms on the council.
Wheeler has been a professional trustee with BESTrustees since 2016 and currently chairs several UK pension schemes, with experience working on schemes with assets up to £12bn and 170,000 members.
Yates is a professional trustee at Vidett and chairs the firm's trustee oversight board. She has over 20 years' experience in pensions, governance and advisory. Before becoming a trustee in 2019, she led PwC's covenant practice in the Midlands.
The APPT said the move to co-chairs will take effect from the association's annual general meeting (AGM) on 21 October and reflects a "considerable increase in workload" as the body has more than doubled in size over the past five years.
By Alex Levy
