Ross Trustees promotes six

Ross Trustees, the professional trustee and pension services firm, has today announced the promotion of six members of its 45-strong independent pension trustee and support teams.

The promotions, which take effect from 1 November 2020, follow the recent appointments of Trustee Director Grant Suckling, Senior Trustee Manager Janet Branagh and Trustee Manager Nigel Wildman.

Sam Hext and Scott Duncan are promoted from Senior Associate to Trustee Manager, Maria Keen and Joe Porter from Associate to Senior Associate, and Jake Churchill and David Preston from Administrator to Associate.

“Clients choose Ross Trustees for our expertise, and the diversity of experience and thought that we offer. Sam, Scott, Maria, Joe, Jake and David demonstrate that consistently through the work they carry out for clients. Ross Trustees is home to the best talent in the pensions community and we are delighted to announce these well-deserved promotions.”
Nigel Moore – Chief Executive Officer, Ross Trustees

Sam Hext is a trained actuary and has worked in the pensions industry since 2001 in both consulting and in-house roles. Sam has extensive knowledge of funding matters, both the assets and the liabilities, and the issues trustees face when considering the covenant of the sponsoring employer.

Scott Duncan has worked in the pensions industry for over 25 years, gaining extensive knowledge and experience through working in a variety of roles for a large insurance company, a large in-house pension scheme, and a third-party consultancy. He has acted as scheme secretary, as well as project managing several liability management, scheme wind-up and buyout exercises.

Maria Kean has worked in the pensions industry since 2006, acting as scheme secretary for a number of clients. She has worked on various challenging actuarial valuations, investment strategy updates, scheme closures and buy ins.

Joe Porter is responsible for acting as scheme secretary for a variety of schemes. He has considerable experience in managing a range of projects including buy-in/out transactions and scheme wind-ups.

Jake Churchill has worked in pensions since 2014, predominately in third party pension administration. He has strong experience of helping to manage a portfolio of DB and DC pension schemes.

David Preston provides secretarial and project support to trustee managers and directors for a number of pension schemes. Before joining Ross Trustees, he worked at the Pensions Management Institute for 12 years.