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During his time as a pension trustee, Richard has worked on a wide variety of schemes from multi-million-pound schemes with thousands of members to those with assets of less than £1million and just a handful of members. This has given him extensive experience of the issues faced by Trustees and an appreciation of the challenges being met by the sponsoring companies. He is a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute and holds the PMI’s Award in Pension Trusteeship. Richard has completed the Advanced Financial Planning Certificate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, concentrating on pensions.

Chris has over 45 years experience of acting as a scheme actuary.  He established the business in 1992 after working for a number of actuarial practices.  His aim was to make available to smaller and medium sized schemes the levels of service and professionalism expected from the top actuarial partnerships, at a cost more in keeping with the size of such schemes.  He recognised that the problems faced by smaller schemes were the same as those of larger schemes, but were often more intense due to size and the limited resources available to deal with those problems.

His experience covers not only actuarial work but also all other aspects of the operation and management of schemes, including the development of administration systems, management of investment performance monitoring services, assessment of employer covenant and its impact on funding and investment strategy.  Having advised on approaching 500 schemes during his career he has come across most situations and has found practical solutions to some knotty problems.  At the same time he maintains a keen interest in the continuing evolution of pension legislation and practice with particular emphasis on how these impact on smaller schemes.

Nick has over 20 years’ experience covering all aspects of DB pensions to a wide range of clients from multinationals to family owned businesses. As well as Scheme Actuary and administration appointments, Nick has acted as Independent Trustee, helped schemes going through their PPF/FAS assessment periods, helped schemes going through bulk transfer and wind up exercises, advised Admitted Bodies on their LGPS contribution requirements and provided strategic corporate pension advice. He has always enjoyed the challenge of working with smaller schemes which require a more hands on and personal approach and often face complex issues which require practical and innovative solutions.

Rob joined Atkin in 2019 having previously worked at JLT/Mercer where he was head of corporate consulting and ran the consulting team in London. Prior to that Rob was a Director at KPMG in Leeds and has also worked for Higham Group, Ernst & Young, DA Budge & Co. and Willis. Rob has held a Scheme Actuary certificate since 1997. After graduating with a first class honours degree in mathematics in 1987, Rob qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1992. Rob has over 30 years’ experience of advising trustees and employers on all aspects of pension matters both defined benefit and defined contribution. Rob has provided advice to many organisations including large companies (Morrisons, HBOS and London Stock Exchange), owner managed businesses and Charities (RNLI, MIND).

During his time as a pension trustee, Richard has worked on a wide variety of schemes from multi-million-pound schemes with thousands of members to those with assets of less than £1million and just a handful of members. This has given him extensive experience of the issues faced by Trustees and an appreciation of the challenges being met by the sponsoring companies. He is a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute and holds the PMI’s Award in Pension Trusteeship. Richard has completed the Advanced Financial Planning Certificate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, concentrating on pensions.

Chris has over 45 years experience of acting as a scheme actuary.  He established the business in 1992 after working for a number of actuarial practices.  His aim was to make available to smaller and medium sized schemes the levels of service and professionalism expected from the top actuarial partnerships, at a cost more in keeping with the size of such schemes.  He recognised that the problems faced by smaller schemes were the same as those of larger schemes, but were often more intense due to size and the limited resources available to deal with those problems.

His experience covers not only actuarial work but also all other aspects of the operation and management of schemes, including the development of administration systems, management of investment performance monitoring services, assessment of employer covenant and its impact on funding and investment strategy.  Having advised on approaching 500 schemes during his career he has come across most situations and has found practical solutions to some knotty problems.  At the same time he maintains a keen interest in the continuing evolution of pension legislation and practice with particular emphasis on how these impact on smaller schemes.

Nick has over 20 years’ experience covering all aspects of DB pensions to a wide range of clients from multinationals to family owned businesses. As well as Scheme Actuary and administration appointments, Nick has acted as Independent Trustee, helped schemes going through their PPF/FAS assessment periods, helped schemes going through bulk transfer and wind up exercises, advised Admitted Bodies on their LGPS contribution requirements and provided strategic corporate pension advice. He has always enjoyed the challenge of working with smaller schemes which require a more hands on and personal approach and often face complex issues which require practical and innovative solutions.

Rob joined Atkin in 2019 having previously worked at JLT/Mercer where he was head of corporate consulting and ran the consulting team in London. Prior to that Rob was a Director at KPMG in Leeds and has also worked for Higham Group, Ernst & Young, DA Budge & Co. and Willis. Rob has held a Scheme Actuary certificate since 1997. After graduating with a first class honours degree in mathematics in 1987, Rob qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1992. Rob has over 30 years’ experience of advising trustees and employers on all aspects of pension matters both defined benefit and defined contribution. Rob has provided advice to many organisations including large companies (Morrisons, HBOS and London Stock Exchange), owner managed businesses and Charities (RNLI, MIND).