The overall surplus of Santander's defined benefit (DB) pension scheme has risen by £595m to almost £800m since the end of 2017.
Paul Trickett has been appointed as the next chairman of the Santander UK Pension Scheme Trustee.
Brian Kilpatrick has been appointed as a trustee director at Law Debenture, in a bid to expand its trustee team.
PP speaks to director of pensions Antony Barker about the £8bn fund
Santander's combined defined benefit (DB) deficit has increased more than five times in the first half of the year, its interim results show.
Santander UK has slashed its defined benefit scheme deficit by 85% after paying contributions of £995m last year.