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Maria Keen

Associate Director

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Maria has 15+ years’ experience in the pensions industry providing support to a wide range of clients across various sectors. Maria also works with a range of advisers and is skilled at building and maintaining good working relationships with key stakeholders.

She is responsible for overseeing various projects, including closure to future accrual; actuarial valuations and wind ups; investment strategy changes; de-risking initiatives and more recently, GMP Equalisation buy-ins and member options exercises. Maria ensures a collaborative working relationship between advisers, employers and trustee boards, applying appropriate challenge to advisers to ensure that suitable, pragmatic solutions and value for money are delivered.

Maria has significant experience in Scheme Governance and challenges faced by Trustees, with expertise in acting as a sounding board for them on pension scheme matters, involving underpinning governance and latest developments in pensions. She has a keen eye for detail and a good knowledge of the challenges faced by Trustees and understands the requirements of good scheme governance, as well as the importance of keeping on top of the latest developments and regulations in pensions. She has also led internal teams to ensure compliance with new pensions legislation and regulations.

Maria is a fully accredited professional pensions trustee with the Association of Professional Pension Trustees, and is also member of the IGG Data Integrity Team, ensuring GDPR and cyber risks are managed.

  • Adviser reviews
  • Buy-ins/buy-outs
  • Closure to future accrual projects
  • Corporate events e.g. insolvency & restructuring
  • Drafting & reviewing compliance/other policies
  • Member communications
  • Member option exercises e.g. PIES & BPOs
  • Overseas parent company
  • Scheme governance
  • Scheme Mergers/De-mergers
  • Schemes in PPF assessment
  • Scheme wind ups
  • Supporting clients with GMP projects
  • Transfer to Master Trust
  • Undergoing the GMP Equalisation process with a number of her schemes.
  • Crafted member communications surrounding Transfers to Master Trust.
  • Experience working on valuations with challenged sponsors, agreeing contingent contribution mechanisms within Funding agreements, Memorandums of Understanding, charges over assets and wider loan agreements.
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EC4N 6HL

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Independent Governance Group ("IGG") is the trading name of Ross Trustees Services Limited (07904277), Independent Trustee Services Limited (02567540), Independent Trustee Limited (02473669), Clarity Trustees Limited (12470917), Leadenhall Independent Trustees Limited (02303944) all registered in England and Wales. Registered office address: 4th Floor Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6HL. IC Select Limited (SC331180). Registered office address: DWF LLP, 103 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 7BW.

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