About
Featuring perspectives from industry specialists across governance, trustee decision-making and transactions, this session will highlight what trustees and sponsors should prioritise to improve transparency, strengthen decision-making and help schemes move forward with greater confidence and agility.
Why Attend
Agenda
Seminar on Data Strategy First: enabling better decisions, whatever the scheme's future.
Speakers
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Megan Macbeth
- Company
- Willis Towers Watson
- Job Title
- Senior Director in Project and Data Solutions
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Sanjay Gupta
- Company
- BESTrustees Ltd
- Job Title
- Professional Trustee
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Melanie Cusack
- Company
- ZEDRA Group
- Job Title
- Professional Accredited Pension Trustee
Speakers
Willis Towers Watson
Senior Director in Project and Data Solutions
Willis Towers Watson
Senior Director in Project and Data Solutions
Megan Macbeth
Senior Director in Project and Data Solutions
Megan Macbeth is a Senior Director in Project & Data Solutions at WTW, specialising in the design and delivery of data improvement programmes for UK pension schemes. She supports trustees and sponsors in navigating complex data challenges, from underpinning day-to-day administration improvements to enabling major strategic initiatives such as GMP equalisation and transaction data readiness.
Megan focuses on translating complex data issues into clear, actionable plans, with a strong emphasis on delivery, risk management and stakeholder engagement. She is passionate about helping schemes build data strategies that are practical, proportionate and aligned to their broader objectives.
Senior Director in Project and Data Solutions
Willis Towers Watson
Megan Macbeth
Senior Director in Project and Data Solutions
Megan Macbeth is a Senior Director in Project & Data Solutions at WTW, specialising in the design and delivery of data improvement programmes for UK pension schemes. She supports trustees and sponsors in navigating complex data challenges, from underpinning day-to-day administration improvements to enabling major strategic initiatives such as GMP equalisation and transaction data readiness.
Megan focuses on translating complex data issues into clear, actionable plans, with a strong emphasis on delivery, risk management and stakeholder engagement. She is passionate about helping schemes build data strategies that are practical, proportionate and aligned to their broader objectives.
BESTrustees Ltd
Professional Trustee
BESTrustees Ltd
Professional Trustee
Sanjay Gupta
Professional Trustee
Sanjay Gupta is a Professional Trustee at BESTrustees Ltd, with over 35 years of experience in the pensions industry, having previously spent 25 years at Willis Towers Watson and earlier in his career at Aon Hewitt. He brings deep expertise across actuarial advice, risk management and trustee governance, supporting schemes through complex strategic decisions.
Sanjay has recent experience supporting schemes through endgame transactions, including expediting the transition from buy-in to buyout in a time-constrained environment. He is particularly focused on the role of high-quality data, planning and governance in enabling efficient execution and successful outcomes. Sanjay is passionate about helping trustee boards navigate the practical challenges of risk transfer and ensuring schemes are well positioned to deliver on their long-term objectives.
Professional Trustee
BESTrustees Ltd
Sanjay Gupta
Professional Trustee
Sanjay Gupta is a Professional Trustee at BESTrustees Ltd, with over 35 years of experience in the pensions industry, having previously spent 25 years at Willis Towers Watson and earlier in his career at Aon Hewitt. He brings deep expertise across actuarial advice, risk management and trustee governance, supporting schemes through complex strategic decisions.
Sanjay has recent experience supporting schemes through endgame transactions, including expediting the transition from buy-in to buyout in a time-constrained environment. He is particularly focused on the role of high-quality data, planning and governance in enabling efficient execution and successful outcomes. Sanjay is passionate about helping trustee boards navigate the practical challenges of risk transfer and ensuring schemes are well positioned to deliver on their long-term objectives.
ZEDRA Group
Professional Accredited Pension Trustee
ZEDRA Group
Professional Accredited Pension Trustee
Melanie Cusack
Professional Accredited Pension Trustee
Melanie Cusack is a Professional Accredited Pension Trustee at ZEDRA Group, Trustee on the MNRPF Board and was named Trustee of the Year at the Women in Pensions Awards 2023. With a background as a pensions actuary, she brings extensive experience in supporting pension schemes through complex strategic and governance challenges.
Melanie specialises in helping boards navigate decision-making with clarity and confidence, with focus on ensuring data is robust, trusted and fit for purpose. She is passionate about the role data strategy plays in underpinning good governance and enabling schemes to make informed decisions, regardless of their long-term end-game strategy.
Professional Accredited Pension Trustee
ZEDRA Group
Melanie Cusack
Professional Accredited Pension Trustee
Melanie Cusack is a Professional Accredited Pension Trustee at ZEDRA Group, Trustee on the MNRPF Board and was named Trustee of the Year at the Women in Pensions Awards 2023. With a background as a pensions actuary, she brings extensive experience in supporting pension schemes through complex strategic and governance challenges.
Melanie specialises in helping boards navigate decision-making with clarity and confidence, with focus on ensuring data is robust, trusted and fit for purpose. She is passionate about the role data strategy plays in underpinning good governance and enabling schemes to make informed decisions, regardless of their long-term end-game strategy.
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