Chris Alford

Associate Director

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Chris has over 15 years’ experience in the pensions industry – with a breadth of regulatory and employer covenant experience.

He spent a number of years advising trustees and corporates on covenant matters at a global accountancy firm, before spending almost eight years at The Pensions Regulator (TPR) where he was a central member of case teams focussing on a range of valuation, transactional and policy roles (including TPR’s Funding Code).

He utilises his experience in supporting other trustees through covenant matters as part of IGG’s Covenant and Restructuring Centre of Excellence. His approach is to work collaboratively with other stakeholders to ensure common understanding of technical matters, and focus attention on key decisions.

Chris is a chartered accountant and is currently working towards accreditation as a professional trustee by the Association of Professional Pension Trustees.

• Adviser review
• Corporate distress including DRC deferrals, insolvency & restructuring
• Corporate transactions
• DB Funding / Actuarial Valuations
• Drafting & reviewing regulatory documents
• Employer Covenant
• Journey Planning / Integrated Risk Management
• Regulation and Compliance
• Schemes in PPF assessment

• Provided covenant advice at a at a global accountancy firm to a number of corporate and trustee clients – considering a range of schemes of differing sizes and with employers in a range of industries.
• Covenant expert on a number of TPR case teams – including: assessing valuations, ongoing scheme supervision, considering the impact of transactions on the covenant, and potential use of TPR’s regulatory powers.
• Worked on a range of TPR Policy projects – including the Funding Code and the associated Statement of Strategy; superfund assessments; ESG in covenant; Covid guidance for trustees; the Annual Funding Statement and external blogs.

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