Alistair joins Spence and Partners as the Charity and Corporate advisory lead. He has more than 20 years of experience as an Actuary working for DB and DC pension schemes. In his new role, Alistair will provide advice for employers and third-sector bodies on all aspects of pension provision.

Before joining Spence, Alistair was a Partner and Head of Corporate Defined Benefit Pensions at Hymans Robertson – a position he held since 2018, having joined the business in 2000. He also led Hymans’ third sector offering and has extensive experience working with clients in the not-for-profit sector. His work focused on funding and de-risking solutions, benefit strategy, and more sector-specific issues like managing participation in multi-employer pension schemes.

In recent years, he has advised corporates on DB consolidation options including transferring to commercial consolidators and DB master trusts. He also worked with corporates on their DB funding approaches in light of the new DB funding regime. Alistair’s strength lies in his profound understanding of the intricacies of the financial industry, coupled with a keen insight into the dynamics of the not-for-profit sector.

Aoife is an Actuarial Trainee at Spence & Partners. She qualified as an Associate of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (AIA) in 2022, and is studying towards the Fellowship qualification. 

With 3 years’ experience in the Risk Transfer field, Aoife has gained valuable hands-on experience working with Schemes on their journey to buyout.

Aoife’s expertise extends to Enterprise Risk Management, and she is currently working towards attaining the Certified Risk Enterprise Actuary (CERA) qualification.

Bill joined 3173 Limited (“The Group”) as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) on 1 March 2024.
His role as CEO supports the continuing strong growth of the leading UK pension governance, advisory, investment and technology Group which includes the Dalriada Trustees, Spence & Partners and Mantle businesses.

Bill previously served as CEO of USS (the UK’s largest pension scheme) for over a decade. During his time as CEO, Bill built a high-performing executive team, and steered the scheme through very challenging circumstances. Under his charge, USS created significant value for members: introducing an innovative hybrid pension offering, building a sector-leading in-house investment team, and creating a pension administration function that receives excellent ratings for service levels and decision support. Prior to joining the USS, Bill spent almost five years at the Pensions Regulator, latterly as CEO, where he was responsible for the efficient regulation and supervision of the UK pension market notably during the launch and introduction of auto enrollment in 2012.

Bill is experienced operating at board level, with over 13 years as a CEO leading, structuring and changing complex organisations. He brings a facilitative but highly effective leadership style. He is skilled in grappling with challenging trade-offs, making decisions and delivering outcomes in complex public and private sector environments.

Bill is also a Council Member for the Institute for Fiscal Studies and a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute. He has previously served on the Boards of the Pensions Advisory Service, The Solicitors Regulation Authority, and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.

Deepash joined PIC in 2021. He has over 18 years’ experience working in the pensions industry specialising in de-risking solutions for defined benefit schemes.
Deepash has led or been involved in a number of successful transactions of varying sizes and structures, both in an advisory capacity, and a deal origination structuring capacity. This includes PIC’s £6.5bn transaction with RSA.

Martyn has been involved and heavily focussed on the Pension Risk Transfer market since 2007. In that time, he has worked on the insurer side for around 4 years (gaining hugely valuable insights into the insurer processes, mindset and strategies), and has over 13 years of experience on the trustee advisory side.

Martyn has built and led Pension Risk Transfer teams in major Employee Benefit consultancies. He has personally led and advised on c50 transactions, covering schemes below £10m to schemes over £1bn in size, and has driven innovation in the Pension Risk Transfer marketplace, bringing a focus on pragmatic and holistic solutions whilst always maintaining a focus on key client and member outcomes required.

Louise is a Pensions Consultant at Spence & Partners Limited with over thirty years’ experience working in the pensions industry. Louise works closely with trustee boards and employers, and believes in developing strong working relationships, liaising effectively with internal colleagues and external advisers to deliver to agreed timelines.

Louise’s experience within pensions management, corporate trustee company secretariat and consultancy working with both large Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension schemes assists greatly in her role as a consultant. She has led the successful delivery of large projects; scheme communications and scheme change initiatives and strongly believes that good governance is the main building block to successful scheme and member outcomes.

Louise started her career in the pensions industry in 1989. She worked in pensions administration within three major benefits consultancies until 1999 working across a portfolio of Defined Benefit & Defined Contribution schemes. She then took on the role of Pension Scheme Manager and Company Secretary to Corporate Trustee Boards of large Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Schemes, moving then into Consultancy in 2016.

Louise is a Fellow member of the Pensions Management Institute (FPMI) and is an Accredited Professional Trustee (APPT).

Pete joined PIC in 2011and is responsible for leading the delivery of all aspects of new business, ensuring both Trustees and their members have a smooth journey to buy-out.
Since joining PIC, Pete has overseen over 250 transactions, covering 300,000 members with assets of over £45bn.

Tom entered the pensions industry in 2001 and prior to joining Spence worked for a major employee benefits consultancy for over 13 years, leading teams focussing on pension projects for DB and DC schemes.

Tom is a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute, and a member of Spence’s senior leadership team. As well as leading Trustee services Tom manages Spence’s relationship with the Pension Protection Fund.