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IGG welcomes David Farmer & Priti Ruparelia

28 September 2023

We are pleased to announce the appointments of David Farmer and Priti Ruparelia to our fast-growing team of Trustee Directors.

Priti Ruparelia brings with her 25 years of pensions experience, most recently as Head of DC Bundled Relations at L&G where she held overall responsibility for almost one thousand client relationships. In this role, she spent several years managing the L&G Master Trust Trustee business relationships as well as overseeing the implementation of a number of occupational DC schemes, guiding them through their set up to ultimately create master trust schemes. Priti prides herself on providing and upholding excellent client service, putting the member at the heart of her approach to pensions.

Priti was an integral part in the establishment of the Pensions Equity Group, a coalition which first gained ground focusing on the gender pension gap, and today tackles pension inequality with support from over 20 leading businesses in the pensions industry.

With 25 years of experience in pensions law, David joins IGG’s team from PWC Legal to become a professional trustee. He has significant experience in working with pension sponsors and trustees on all aspects of pensions law, including liability management, benefit redesign projects and contingent funding arrangements. Alongside PWC Legal, David has also held partnership roles at DLA Piper and Olswang and is qualified as both a barrister and a solicitor.

David brings deep expertise in the pension aspects of corporate transactions, navigating the interactions between pensions and employment law, and handling the restructuring of distressed schemes including related interactions with the Pensions Protection Fund (PPF). David also has a focus on the risk transaction market and in particular advising clients on alternatives to full scheme buy-outs and was the lead adviser on the only third party capital solution to have traded in the market to date.

David and Priti are joined by fellow new arrival Eve Keith, who has been appointed as Trustee Manager, further boosting IGG’s team. Eve has enjoyed a long in-house career in roles focusing on DB schemes, most recently with Tesco plc.

Commenting on his appointment, David Farmer, Trustee Director at IGG said:

“I’m thrilled to be joining IGG and to work alongside such a talented group of professionals who are shaping the future of professional trusteeship and pensions governance. More and more scheme sponsors have a clear business need to turn to pensions specialists like IGG to support and guide them through transactions and corporate events which require specialist knowhow. I’m looking forward to being part of IGG’s collaborative culture as we strive to establish the optimal outcomes for schemes and their members.”

Priti Ruparelia, Trustee Director at IGG, added:

“I couldn’t be more excited to be joining IGG and working closely with the team to support our clients and deliver the best possible outcome for their members. IGG mirrors my ethos of placing the member at the heart of their pension service offering for the whole lifecycle of the scheme, and I’m proud to be joining a business which is firmly at the forefront of providing exceptional, market-leading service.”

Andrew Bradshaw, Chief Executive Officer of IGG, comments:

“I’m really pleased to welcome David, Priti and Eve to the business. As we strive to deliver best-in-class trusteeship and governance services, their experience and skills will help us meet the needs of schemes in ever-increasing numbers. These appointments reflect our wholehearted commitment to attract and retain the very best talent to IGG.”

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