BESTrustees is delighted to announce the recruitment of former People’s Partnership Group CFO Susan Hunter as a Professional Trustee. Sue joined the firm on 2 September and is a highly respected finance director with over 30 years’ experience in the pensions industry.
Before joining BESTrustees in 2024, she was Group CFO at The People’s Partnership, the UK’s largest private workplace master trust pension scheme. Previously, she held senior finance roles at Legal & General.
She provides the financial experience and support needed to navigate the complexities of pension scheme management. Her knowledge and expertise includes compliance, financial reporting, robust risk management, strategic planning, budgeting, cashflow, good governance and trustee education.
“Sue is a really great hire for BESTrustees and we are thrilled to welcome her to our ranks. She has an incredibly strong track record in Pensions and Savings and joins us at a time when we are underlining our super-independent credentials in the ever-evolving professional trustee market by hiring such talented people. BESTrustees continues to grow strongly and Sue will be a huge part of that growth I am sure.”
Ann Rigby, Chair of BESTrustees“I am incredibly excited to be joining BESTrustees, a company which has grown to be a leading provider of professional pension trustee services and look forward to contributing to its further growth. I am delighted to be joining at a time where there is so much change within the industry and being able to support the delivery of positive outcomes to pension scheme members.”
Susan Hunter
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