Karein Davie

Karein has over 20 years’ experience in the pensions industry, working with a variety of organisations including large multi-national manufacturers, family businesses, universities and charities. The schemes she has worked with range in size from £4m to over £3bn.

Karein’s approach to trusteeship is characterised by open, honest conversation and a practical, hands-on approach. She is a qualified actuary and has worked as a Scheme Actuary, corporate consultant and Trustee. This gives a unique perspective and understanding of the aspirations and pressures that exist on all sides which enables her to ensure all views are taken into account and all parties can work together collaboratively to find pragmatic solutions.

Karein has held trustee roles as a Chair, board member or sole trustee for over 20 pension schemes and has chaired Governance Committees. In these roles she has managed scheme changes, negotiated complex valuations, initiated and implemented overall funding and investment strategy reviews, carried out Fiduciary Manager selection exercises, transfer of defined contribution schemes to Master Trust, carried out extensive adviser reviews, re-designed member communications and implemented additional member options.

Karein is a fully accredited by the Association of Professional Pension Trustees.