Determinations Panel
The Determinations Panel (DP) is a committee of The Pensions Regulator (TPR). It operates separately from other parts of the organisation, including TPR’s case teams.
The DP has a separately appointed membership and legal support. This enables it to make independent and impartial decisions. The DP considers all the evidence before it and provides each party with reasonable opportunity to present their case. Members of the panel are not involved in the investigation process.
The DP consists of:
- a chair appointed by TPR
- at least six other people who are nominated by the chair and appointed by TPR
Current members
Antony Townsend (Chair)
Antony has wide ranging experience as a chief executive and board chair of regulatory organisations, and in complaints handling. He is Chair of the Channel Islands Financial Ombudsman Service, Chair of Entrust (the regulator of the Landfill Communities Fund), an Independent Investigator for the Houses of Parliament, and Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service.
His former roles include Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner, Chair of the UK and Ireland Regulatory Board of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Chair of the Regulatory Board of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Deputy Chair of the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, an Independent Review Chair for NHS England (Continuing Healthcare reviews), and Trustee and Director of South Warwickshire Citizens Advice. He was the first chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority from its establishment in 2006 until January 2014. He was also the General Dental Council’s chief executive from 2001 to 2006.
In the 1990s, Antony held a number of senior roles at the General Medical Council, including Director of Standards and Education, and head of Conduct. His earlier career was with the Home Office, where he worked primarily on criminal justice issues.
Derek Artis
Derek Artis has had a legal career of more than 30 years working at the Crown Prosecution Service, much of it in senior roles, where he developed an interest in governance and professional regulation that has led him to develop a diverse portfolio of roles in this area. Qualified as a Solicitor in 1994 and subsequently obtained Higher courts rights in criminal cases. Derek regularly chairs fitness to practise substantive hearings for the Nursing and Midwifery Council. He is a judicial panel member for the Football Association and chairs General Appeal cases. Derek is also a Safeguarding Panel member for the same organisation. Derek also holds a number of other positions focusing on appointments, quality decision making and accreditation.
Anne Fletcher
Anne is currently a panel member for the Competition and Markets Authority. She is an experienced Group General Counsel (BT plc) and Compliance Director (Royal Mail, BT plc) and was an Audit and Risk Committee member for the Office of the Public Guardian until January 2021. Anne is also a former Trustee for the Royal Mail Senior Executive Pension Plan and a former Vice-Chair of the BT Benevolent Fund.
Claudia Mortimore
Claudia brings over 25 years’ experience of criminal law and regulation to her role as a member of the Determinations Panel. She spent the first 10 years of her career working as a barrister then prosecuted drugs, tax and money-laundering offences for the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) and fraudulent trading offences for the Department for Business. From 2013 to 2026, she led major investigations into serious and complex audit, accountancy and actuarial failures and was a key member of the Senior Leadership Team within the Enforcement Division of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). Since 2023, Claudia has been a Commissioner at the Gambling Commission. Claudia has a particular interest in Diversity and Inclusion and has played a key role in promoting the importance of mental health and well-being in her previous positions.
Stephen Mount
Stephen is currently a member of the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the Financial Conduct Authority and acts internationally as an expert witness on financial reporting, corporate governance and auditing matters.
He was formally Chair of the Audit Committee of Gama Aviation Plc and several NHS Hospital Trusts and a member of the Audit Quality Review Committee at the Financial Reporting Council. Stephen retired as a senior partner with PwC, after almost 4 decades’ auditing and advising FTSE, Fortune 500 and smaller/midcap listed companies in the UK, USA, Europe and Asia across a wide range of industry sectors. He also served in a number of PwC management roles. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
Rachel Onikosi
Rachel Onikosi is an appointed Panel Chair with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), where she leads quasi-judicial hearings that assess fitness to practice. She also holds a similar role at the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and as a Panel Member with the General Dental Council (GDC). In addition to her regulatory work, Rachel is an elected Councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham, representing residents of the Bellingham ward. In this capacity, she is an active member of both the Safer and Stronger Committee and the Licensing Committee. As a Non-Executive Director for the Consumer Council for Water (CCW), Rachel helps guide the organisation’s strategic, financial, risk management, and reputational strategies. She chairs the HR and Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. Rachel's current extensive experience includes serving as a presiding Magistrate at two courts in Southeast London and previously was a School Governor at a London primary school from 2019 - 2025.
Previously, Rachel worked as a civil servant in the Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills (BIS), where she advised ministers on consumer policy. During her tenure, she played a significant part in implementing the European Services Directive into UK law, aiding in the removal of regulatory burdens on small businesses as part of the movement to reduce red tape. She also supported some aspects of the Consumer Bill of Rights project, which unified various consumer goods and service regulations into a single legislative framework. Lastly, over the years Rachel has worked in different capacities with organisations including Thames Water, Southern Water, High Speed 2, the Parole Board, and DEFRA.
Isabelle Parasram
Isabelle is a Non-Executive Director with Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust and Co-op Homes, specialising in transformational leadership, governance, regulation, and social value. She also serves as Panel Chair for the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee. Previously, she was the founding CEO of the Institute for Social Value, practised as a barrister for nearly three decades, and served as Vice President of a UK political party. In 2022, she was awarded an OBE for services to public and political life.
Rachel Sexton
Rachel is currently a non-executive director and Chair of the Risk Committee at Turicum Private Bank and the Independent Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the UK Government Legal Department. She is also a Board Trustee and the Chair of the Audit Committee for WWF-UK (World Wide Fund for Nature). Her previous roles include the Independent Member of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Gambling Commission; Partner and Head of the Risk Advisory practice at Ashurst; and Partner and Head of Investigations and Compliance at EY. During her career at EY, she conducted investigations into allegations of misconduct, fraud, money laundering, market abuse, tax evasion and sanctions evasion as well as other regulatory investigations. She is a US-qualified Certified Public Accountant, licenced in the State of California and has practiced as a forensic accountant.
Members' expenses
We publish the expenses for the Determinations Panel Chair and members for each quarter. This includes all expenses incurred for travel, accommodation and meals etc, as well as any hospitality given to others. A separate sheet shows any hospitality received by these individuals in their capacity as Determinations Panel members during the specified quarter.
Some explanatory notes:
Expenses are incurred by Determinations Panel members in two ways. Either individuals spend their own money whilst on TPR business and then claim it back (see staff and board / panel expenses policies in our Publication Scheme) or, particularly for travel and accommodation that needs to be booked in advance, TPR makes bookings directly and is invoiced for the cost. For this reason, these expenses will be published for the quarter in which they were paid, and therefore may not necessarily appear alongside other expenses (claimed back in arrears) for the same trip.
Determinations Panel quarter 4 expenses (1 January to 31 March 2026)
Determinations Panel quarter 3 expenses (1 October to 31 December 2025)
Determinations Panel quarter 2 expenses (1 July to 30 September 2025)
Determinations Panel quarter 1 expenses (1 April to 30 June 2025)
Register of members' interests
Last annual review date: January 2026
Antony Townsend
Role
- Chair
Current employment or office in addition to panel role
- Chair, Entrust (Landfill Communities Fund)
- Chair, Strategic Advisory Board, Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service, Council of Inns of Court
- Independent Investigator, Houses of Parliament
- Chair, Channel Islands Financial Ombudsman Service
Current directorships
- Director, Environmental Scheme Regulatory Body
- Director, Entrust Limited
Occupational pension schemes
- General Medical Council (pensioner)
- General Dental Council (pensioner)
Derek Artis
Role
- Panel member
Current employment or office in addition to panel role
- Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council, fitness to practise committee
- Chair, Judicial Panel, Football Association
- Safeguarding Panel Member, Football Association
- Accreditation and recognition panel Member, General Pharmaceutical Council
- Lay chair, Appointments Advisory Committee, NHS Sheffield
- Legal Advisor, Police Misconduct Hearings
Anne Fletcher
Role
- Panel member
Current employment or office in addition to panel role
- Panel member, Competition and Markets Authority
Occupational pension schemes
- Member, BT pension scheme
- Former Trustee, Royal Mail Senior Executive Pension Plan
Claudia Mortimore
Role
- Panel member
Current employment or office in addition to panel role
- Commissioner, The Gambling Commission
Current directorships
- Commissioner, The Gambling Commission
Occupational pension schemes
- Civil Service
- Financial Reporting Council
Stephen Mount
Role
- Panel member
Current employment or office in addition to panel role
- Financial Conduct Authority (RDC)
- Expert witness on financial reporting, corporate governance and auditing matters
Rachel Onikosi
Role
- Panel member
Current employment or office in addition to Panel role
- Panel Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Panel Chair, UK Council for Psychotherapy
- Non-Executive Director, Consumer Council for Water
- Elected Councillor, London Borough of Lewisham
- Presiding Magistrate (Southeast London Magistrates Bench)
- Panel Member, General Dental Council
Current directorships
- Director, Empowerment Trade (non-trading)
Occupational pension schemes
- Police pension scheme
- Civil service pension scheme
- Nursing and Midwifery Council, pension
Isabelle Parasram
Role
- Panel member
Current employment or office in addition to panel role
- Lay Panel Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council
Current directorships
- Non-Executive Director, Co-op Homes
- Non-Executive Director, Princess Alexandra NHS Trust
Occupational pension schemes
- Smart Pension (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
- NEST (Institute for Social Value)
Rachel Sexton
Role
- Panel member
Current employment or office in addition to panel role
- Founder and Managing Director, Lagniappe Consulting Ltd
- Independent Member of Audit and Risk Committee, Government Legal Department
- Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of Risk Committee, Turicum Private Bank
Current directorships
- As above
Non-profit organisations
- Board Trustee, Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, member of Investment Committee and Finance and Business Committee, WWF - UK
- Board Member and Treasurer, International Women’s Forum - UK Forum
- Board Member, Fraud Advisory Panel
Occupational pension schemes
- Deloitte UK Pension Scheme
- Ernst & Young
- Ashurst LLP