Charles Ward Email & Phone Number

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

Manchester & Birmingham

Experienced professional trustee overseeing a portfolio of defined benefit pension schemes, drawing on over 25 years' experience of advising companies and trustees on a range of strategic funding and investment approaches.

Manchester

Manchester

I lead teams advising companies and trustees on managing all aspects of their defined benefit pension liabilities. This includes strategic advice on the pace of funding for the liabilities, the management of scheme investment strategy, future benefit provision, governance structures, cyber security and, ultimately, settlement of scheme liabilities. I also.

Primarily, I lead teams advising companies on how to manage their UK defined benefit pension liabilities. This includes advice on the pace of funding for the liabilities, the management of scheme investment strategy and the ultimate settlement of liabilities. In recent years, I have helped companies to reduce their scheme deficits by over £50 million.

I joined Mercer in Liverpool as a graduate and advised numerous trustee boards on the management of their schemes while I studied for my FIA qualification.Following qualification in 1999 I moved into a more corporate-focussed role and relocated to Manchester, although I retained a number of trustee advisory roles. I was a key member of Mercer's Private.

Bsc Hons, Statistical Science With Information Technology

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