Andy Seed is the Chief Growth Officer for Aptia and is responsible for delivering high-impact initiatives that align with the long-term strategic objectives of businesses. He is integral in driving innovation in Aptia’s services, harnessing technology to create more personalised and responsive experiences for clients.

Andy has nearly three decades of expertise in the pensions and finance industry, having held senior leadership roles with global asset managers and investment banks, international consulting firms and insurance-based pension providers. Andy is widely considered an authority in the field of DC pensions and retirement savings strategy.

Dan brings over 20 years of experience at the intersection of pensions, technology, and policy, with deep, first-hand insight into global retirement systems. He is the UK Country Head at Festina Finance, a leading European pension administration technology provider whose life and pension platform supports the continent’s largest pension providers. Prior to joining Festina, Dan served as Director of International at Smart Pension, where he led the global expansion of its Keystone technology platform across multiple continents. Dan began his career advising UK ministers on business strategy and innovation.

Dominic is a qualified actuary and Senior Consultant at Aon, primarily dividing his time between advising corporates on their pensions strategy and Aon’s Member Options and Support Team. He also leads a specialist team dedicated to innovating online educational modelling tools, helping to support tens of thousands of members with their retirement planning and decisions at-retirement.

Ed is an actuary and Senior Consultant, spending his time advising trustee and corporate clients on their pensions strategy. He is a passionate advocate for improving the member experience, and as part of Aon’s Member Options and Support Team he has helped numerous clients improve the support and flexibilities they provide to their members through the introduction of IFA support, online modellers to educate them on their options, and additional options to allow members to reshape their benefits to better suit their retirement needs.

Graeme is responsible for driving the Mantle software business to realise its full potential. This includes leading on business development, identifying new markets and product developments.
Graeme joined in November 2019 and has spent the last 10 years in Fintech. Variously in the DB market and the individual annuity market. Most recently he was the founding director of HUB Pension Solutions a ground breaking DB member option business with a big focus on member engagement.

Graham Peacock is Commercial Director for Workplace Solutions at Lumera. He is responsible for the development and delivery of innovative workplace solutions, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of clients and comply with ever-increasing regulatory standards.
With a career spanning over two decades in the financial services industry, Graham has extensive experience in pension administration, proposition development, and regulatory compliance. Before joining Lumera, he held several senior positions, including Head of Workplace at a large banking group and Workplace Lead at a global technology firm.
Graham is recognised as a thought leader in the retirement sector. He has authored numerous articles on topics such as technical debt in pension systems and the impact of regulatory changes on retirement planning. His insights have been featured in industry publications, and he is a sought-after speaker at conferences and seminars.
He is an active member of the Pension Management Institute and contributes to various industry working groups focused on improving pension administration and policy.
Graham is also an Adviser to the Pension Dashboard programme.

Matt brings a wealth of experience from across the Financial Services industry, having worked with several FTSE 100 and global organisations. He has deep expertise in Defined Benefit pensions, built during his time supporting the Pensions Review and working within an actuarial consultancy.

In recent years, Matt has focused on developing innovative solutions in financial planning, open banking, financial wellbeing, pensions dashboards, and pension risk transfer, helping organisations navigate change and deliver better outcomes for their customers.

Maurice plays a key role in ensuring Lumera’s propositions and innovations meet the evolving needs of their clients. Through his deep understanding of technology, financial services regulation, and industry developments he provides consultancy on a wide range of life and pensions data issues. This expertise enables Lumera to continually focus on solutions to support the biggest challenges in the industry.

He also chairs PASA’s Pensions Dashboards Working Group, which provides support to the industry on the implementation process of Pensions Dashboards. Through creating guidance and raising awareness the working group provides insightful input to key stakeholders.

Maurice has worked in financial services specialising in corporate pensions throughout his career, including roles at ITM, Watson Wyatt and Punter Southall.

Mark leads Lumera’s UK sales team, driving long-term partnerships and delivering future-proof technology and data services. With a strong focus on end-customer service and digital experience, Mark collaborates closely with clients to create solutions that address the evolving needs of the life and pensions industry and its customers.
Mark has worked in the pensions industry for over 30 years, in a range of businesses specialising in outsourced administration, pensions systems and data, within all of which he held director-level roles. Mark was also a founding director of PASA and his innovative insights are built upon his wealth of experience.

Nick manages the technical training, professional qualifications and early careers for the Pension Administration business area across all our nationwide offices, which involves liaising closely with professional bodies such as the PMI.
He chairs the industry working party responsible for the Pension Administrator Apprentice Standard.
He has gained experience in all different aspects of pension administration, including time as chairman of the Pensions UK North London Local Group and a national software user group.

Paul is Head of Barnett Waddingham’s Pension Administration service. Paul’s role means that he is involved in all aspects of the strategy for, and delivery of, Barnett Waddingham’s trust based pension administration service. This includes defined benefit (DB), defined contribution (DC), cash balance, CARE, schemes going into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and now Insurance Administration. He is responsible for the delivery of our pension administration service to some 400 clients covering 420,000 members. Our clients range from schemes with a handful of members up to 40,000 and are administered from nine Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) accredited offices across the UK. Paul also has responsibility for several related in-house digital pensions technologies for scheme members and clients, including our online pensions services and Insight, our online trustee dashboard.

Sue brings over 30 years of experience in the pensions industry to her role as Chief Client Officer within Aptia’s Pensions Administration business. As a member of the UK Administration Leadership Team, she oversees client delivery, acting as a key liaison between clients and the wider leadership team.

Sue ensures that client needs and service developments are clearly communicated, contributing to strategic decisions with a strong client-centric focus. She is responsible for the delivery of services across a diverse range of pension arrangements, supported by teams both in the UK and offshore.

Festina Finance is a leading European software company transforming the future of pension administration. Its flagship platform, FF Life and Pension, is built from the ground up to support the full range of pension products—Defined Benefit (DB), Defined Contribution (DC), Collective Defined Contribution (CDC), and life insurance—with unmatched flexibility and precision. FF Life and Pension is modular and fully client-configurable, empowering pension funds, insurers, and administrators to focus on business strategy, product and proposition innovation, streamline operations, adapt quickly to regulatory change, and focus on delivering the best outcomes for their members. With proven success in Denmark and the Netherlands, including powering Europe’s largest pension provider with over £500bn in assets, Festina is scaling fast and is on track for more than £700bn in assets and 8 million savers running through the software—positioning us as Europe’s premier life and pensions platform.