What skills do we most value in a trustee today?

Ben Salmons asks if younger, career trustees may help widen the skill and diversity mix

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Ben Salmons: If you are considering your trustee board it is important to review what the scheme needs now and in the future
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Ben Salmons: If you are considering your trustee board it is important to review what the scheme needs now and in the future

As the professional trustee market evolves, so do the routes to trusteeship.

The concept of career trustees, let alone ones who are under fifty, is relatively new. Traditionally, the role of professional trustee has been for people who worked at a senior level in other area...

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