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Register of TPR board members' interests

A register of the private interests declared by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) board members.

Helen Aston, Executive Director

Current employment or office (in addition to TPR role*)

  • Independent Person at Brighton and Hove City Council, Audit and Standards Committee until 1 March 2023
  • Non-executive member of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee of the Valuation Office Agency (expiring 2 June 2025)

Membership of occupational pension schemes

Civil Service

Indirect financial interests (if known, where relevant to TPR business)

  • Helen Aston's husband is a Partner (employee) of KPMG LLP in their Transaction Services team, focused on mid-market private equity and corporate middle market transactions
  • Pension provided via KPMG LLP employee scheme through Aviva

Kirstin Baker, Non-Executive Director

Current employment or office (in addition to TPR role*)

Non-executive portfolio

Directorships (in addition to TPR role)

  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • University Hospitals Sussex

Non-profit organisations

  • Independent member of Council, Sussex University
  • Member of Audit Committee, Clarion Housing Group
  • Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Inquiry Chair
  • Governor, Brighton Met

Membership of occupational pension schemes

Civil Service

Charles Counsell, CEO

Non-profit organisations

  • Camden House Freehold Management Company - Director
  • South Somerset Citizen Advice, Trustee
  • Lympsham Manor Trust, Trustee

Membership of occupational pension schemes

  • Allied Domecq
  • KPMG
  • Civil Service

Nausicaa Delfas, Chief Executive

Membership of occupational pension schemes

Member of FCA pension scheme

Alison Hatcher, Non-Executive Director

Positions on pension scheme trustee boards, their subcommittees, or employment by such schemes

CEO of HRSL Funder to HSBC Master Trust Trustee Limited

Current employment or office (in addition to TPR role)

CEO HSBC Retirement Services Limited

Directorships (in addition to TPR role)

Director, PSLA

Non-profit organisations

Investment sub-committee Warwick University

Declarable shareholdings (£1,000 or above)

HSBC PLC

Membership of occupational pension schemes

HSBC Pension Trust (DC)

Katie Kapernaros, Non-Executive Director

Current employment or office (in addition to TPR role*)

Previously employed by IBM – employment ended September 2020

Directorships (in addition to TPR role)

  • The Property Ombudsman
  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT
  • Manx Care

Non-profit organisations

Wallingford Rowing Club

Declarable shareholdings (£1,000 or more)

Holds a few IBM shares (in the US)

Membership of occupational pension schemes

  • Lloyds Bank
  • Citibank
  • IBM

Chris Morson, Non-Executive Director

Directorships (in addition to TPR role)

Royal London Asset Management (Non-Executive Director)

Membership of occupational pension schemes

NatWest Group pension

Nicola Parish, Executive Director

Membership of occupational pension scheme

Civil Service

Indirect financial interests (if known, where relevant to TPR business)

Husband is shareholder and director of Canopus Financial Services Ltd

Sarah Smart, Non-Executive Chair

Positions on pension scheme trustee boards, their sub-committees, or employment by such schemes

Chair of TPR Retirement Solutions (The Pensions Trust) (2010-2018)

Current employment or office (in addition to TPR role*)

  • Managing Partner - Grey's Estates Partnership
  • Advisory Board Member - Codigital

Directorships (in addition to TPR role)

  • Director - SmartCats Consulting Limited
  • Director - Hood Investment Analytics Ltd (holding company)
  • Director - MJ Hudson FidesIQ

Non-profit organisations

Patron, Social Investment Scotland

Consultancies and sponsorships

Via Smartcats:

Unilever UK Pension Scheme – former Independent member of the Investment and Funding Committee (June 2018 - July 2021)

Financial Times – former Chair of Pensions Governance Committee (September 2016 - July 2021)

Membership of occupational pension schemes

Standard Life Pension Scheme

Indirect financial interests (if known, where relevant to TPR business)

Spouse: Board Adviser to Buck Global LLC; Chief Executive Officer, Heywood Limited; Member of the following occupational pension schemes: MMC UK Pension Fund, Buck Consultants UK Pension Scheme, Aviva Master Trust Pension Scheme.

Mandy Clarke, Non-Executive Director

Current employment or office (in addition to TPR role*)

  • Founder and Chair - Accomplish HR Ltd

Directorships (in addition to TPR role)

  • Non-Executive Director - GreenSquareAccord Ltd
  • Non-Executive Director - Abri Group Ltd
  • Non-Executive Director - The Association of Independent Professionals & the Self Employed Ltd
  • Non-executive Director - Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership Limited
  • Non-executive Director - LHC

Non-profit organisations

  • Chartered Fellow - Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development  
  • Fellow - Institute of Directors  
  • Fellow - Royal Society of Arts  
  • Member - Association of Chairs  
  • Member – NEDonBoard  
  • Member - the Association of Independent Professionals & the Self Employed

Consultancies and sponsorships

  • Via Accomplish HR Ltd: none at present

Declarable shareholdings (£1000 or more)

  • Shareholder - Accomplish HR Limited
  • Small holding of shares in Curve OS Limited

Membership of occupational pension schemes

  • Deferred member - Boots pension scheme

Indirect financial interests (if known, where relevant to TPR business)

  • Spouse - member of Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme (CAAPS) & member of Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) 
  • Daughters - members of Civil Service Pension

George Walker, Non-Executive Director

Directorships (in addition to TPR Role)

  • Chair, Scottish Housing Regulator
  • Interim Chair, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)

Indirect financial interests (if known, where relevant to TPR business)

  • Partner is a member of the NHS Scotland (DB) Pension Scheme

Please note: declarations may, exceptionally, be omitted from the published register for reasons of data protection or personal safety.

*If you are working under the banner of a consultancy, the client(s) that you are working for (not all the clients of the consultancy) should be listed where directly relevant to TPR business, and not just the name of the consultancy firm.