Vanessa Walker

Trustee Director

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Vanessa is an experienced pension professional, with nearly 30 years of industry experience, including roles ranging from company secretary, pension management to administration.

Her experience includes both Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution, with some 25 years working on various schemes in the banking sector, including some based offshore (Jersey and the Isle of Man).

Vanessa has a strong focus on good governance, ensuring things are done in the right and proportionate way to reduce the operational risk of Trustee Boards.  She has considerable expertise in establishing and creating policies, practices and protocols to provide efficient and effective solutions for all scenarios. Her strengths include project management, risk review, compliance, relationship management, attention to detail and problem solving

Vanessa is is fully accredited as a professional trustee by the APPT and more recently spent her time supporting schemes and sponsors as an Independent Trustee.

  • Administration outsourcing
  • Adviser Review & contract negotiations
  • Chairing
  • DB & DC experience
  • Member Communications
  • Public sector experience (local government)
  • Relationship Management
  • Scheme Administration
  • Scheme Governance
  • Scheme Secretarial
  • Led in-house governance & secretariat for Nationwide Pension Fund (circa £7.5b).
  • Considering the implications of the General Code for schemes and creating solutions to meet the new regulatory challenge.
  • Working with multiple sponsors of a Scheme to create and agree solutions to fund investment and governance improvements, in both the interest of the Scheme, its members and the sponsors.
  • Trustee representative managing first time outsourcing.
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