
BESTrustees has announced the recruitment of Peter Redhead as a professional trustee, the third such appointment since the beginning of September. Peter joined BESTrustees on 23 September, after a long career at board and senior management level in the pensions industry.
A Scheme Actuary and corporate actuary for more than 30 years, Peter led actuarial, settlement ,investment and pension administration businesses, so is well placed to understand the risks and challenges facing pension schemes. He joins BESTrustees from Aon and previous roles include Board positions with Jardine Lloyd Thompson and the former Independent Trustee Services.
“Peter is the third trustee we have recruited since then end of the summer, which underlines our objective of growing our business and maintaining the extremely high quality of the service we provide to our clients. He comes with a very strong reputation from his years as a client-facing consultant and we know his style of working will fit right in with BESTrustees.”
Ann Rigby, Chair of BESTrustees
“I am delighted to be joining BESTrustees, especially at a time of so much change within the industry. I chose BESTrustees because they have some exceptional people in their ranks as well as a fantastic name in the industry for being properly independent. I am really looking forward to starting work with them.”
Peter Redhead
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