PensTech and Admin Summit 2025

PensTech and Admin Summit 2025

24 September 2025 | 9:30 - 17:00
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PensTech and Admin Summit

The PensTech and Admin Summit is an in-person conference designed for in-house pension scheme managers, pension trustees, and finance directors who are committed to staying at the forefront of pensions technology and administration. As the backbone of efficient pension scheme management, technology and administration are critical in delivering better outcomes for members and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This summit provides a unique opportunity to explore cutting-edge, technology-led solutions, learn about improvements in administration outputs, and discover what’s next for the industry. Attendees will engage with experts, participate in hands-on sessions, and network with peers, gaining valuable insights to help them tackle the sector’s most pressing challenges and drive operational excellence.

 

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    Fees

    Members: Free
    Affiliate and Corporate members: £600 (+VAT)
    Non-members: £1200 (+VAT)
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    Location

    Aon, London
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    CPD

    7
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    Speakers

    10+

Event Details

THE BASICS

Topics of discussion:
  • Next-gen administration platforms
  • Data clean-up and automation tools
  • Member engagement and digital comms
  • Risk reduction through tech
  • AI and predictive analytics in pensions
  • Pensions dashboards integration
  • Cybersecurity and data protection
  • Green pensions tech
Who should attend:
  • Pension scheme managers
  • Trustees
  • Pension administrators
  • Policy advisers
  • Consultants
  • Lawyers
  • Corporate IFAs
  • Investment managers
  • Actuaries
  • Communication professionals
  • Scheme secretaries
  • Financial directors
  • HR representatives
The venue

Aon, The Leadenhall Building, 122 Leadenhall St, London, EC3V 4AN

Agenda

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9:30 - 10:00
Arrivals, registration and breakfast
10:00 - 10:10
Welcome from PMI
10:10 - 10:40
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10:40 - 11:15
Member experience in a digital world - Aon session

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11:15 - 11:45
Morning networking break
11:45 - 12:15
Engaging members online brings real benefits but why do so many still hold back?
Graeme Riddoch
Graeme Riddoch
Mantle
Chief Revenue Officer

In this session, you’ll explore the barriers that stop people from connecting with their pension benefits and discover practical ways to help overcome them. Learn why only 25% of members typically use pension websites, and get clear, proven strategies to support people facing literacy, numeracy, and digital challenges.

We’ll look at how different generations prefer to consume information and share practical ways to adapt, using new technologies and simple AI tools to improve your messaging, boost understanding and drive up member engagement.

12:15 - 12:45
Lumera session

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12:45 - 13:15
Aptia session

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13:15 - 14:10
Lunch and networking
14:10 - 14:40
Pensions dashboards integration
Paul Latimer
Paul Latimer
Barnett Waddingham
Partner and Head of Pension Administration

More details coming soon.

14:40 - 15:10
Next-gen administration platforms
Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin
Festina Finance
UK Country Head

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15:10 - 15:40
Afternoon networking break
15:40 - 16:10
Using technology to streamline pension risk transfers and reduce execution risk
Matt Swinburne-Johnson
Matt Swinburne-Johnson
Business Development Director
Heywood

Technology is making PRT transactions smoother and more accurate, from better data mapping and auditing to improved member communication. Discover how digital tools and AI can support your scheme by securing the right benefits, streamlining the broking process, and reducing execution risk. These advances are helping to shape a more confident and successful future for the market.

16:10 - 16:40
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16:40 - 17:40
Further networking

Speakers

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Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin
Festina Finance
- UK Country Head

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.

Graeme Riddoch
Graeme Riddoch
Mantle
- Chief Revenue Officer

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.

Matt Swinburne-Johnson
Matt Swinburne-Johnson
Business Development Director
- Heywood

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.

Paul Latimer
Paul Latimer
Barnett Waddingham
- Partner and Head of Pension Administration

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.

Thank you to our sponsors and partners for their continued support

Aon
Aon
Host
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Aptia
Aptia
Gold Sponsor
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Mantle
Mantle
Silver Sponsor
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Lumera
Lumera
Silver Sponsor
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Heywood
Heywood
Sponsor
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Barnett Waddingham
Barnett Waddingham
Insight Partner
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Festina Finance
Festina Finance
Sponsor
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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.