The team : Peter Thompson (Director)

Peter is an actuary with 30 years' pensions experience. He joined BESTrustees in April 2005, after having worked at Mercer Human Resource Consulting for nearly 25 years and became a Director on 1 January 2006. During his time with Mercer, Peter worked in London, Leeds and Manchester and also set up Mercer's Investment Consulting practice in the North of England. He has dealt with pension schemes of many different sizes and in many different industries.

Peter's BESTrustees clients include the J Sainsbury, Jacob's Bakery and Scottish Power pension schemes.

Peter has also been much involved with the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), being a member of Council from 1994 to 2005 and NAPF Chairman from 2001 to 2003. From August 2005 to March 2006 he was Interim Chief Executive of the corporate governance company RREV.

Peter is a regular speaker and chairman at conferences and seminars, including trustee and other training courses. He has also contributed on pensions to print and broadcast media, including Radio 4 Money Box and the Today programme. He is a member of the Council of the Pensions Policy Institute, and is a CEDR Accredited Mediator.