Jaysukh Shah, Rob Edge and Kelly McAfee join PwC’s pensions team from Mercer, to focus on pensions risk transfers, an area which is experiencing strong demand as many pension schemes find themselves better funded than ever before. Jaysukh brings a wealth of experience advising trustees to mitigate the risks associated with defined benefit pension schemes and completing buy-ins and buy-outs. Rob and Kelly have a broad range of experience in supporting companies and trustees to help set their long-term strategies for managing liabilities and risk.
Clare Keeffe and Alexandra Westley join the pensions ESG team, which is dedicated to providing ESG pension advice to pension trustees and sponsors. Clare joins the firm from the RSA in-house pensions team, where she was responsible for driving the trustee’s ESG agenda, including project managing the first TCFD report and considering a feasible net zero strategy. Alexandra joins PwC from 20-20 Trustee where she was leading on ESG strategy development and specialist training in ESG. Clare and Alexandra will work as part of PwC’s existing multidisciplinary pensions team to provide pragmatic advice on pensions ESG strategy, implementation and reporting.
Sharon Harwood-Davis and Stuart Hardy join the Defined Contribution & Benefits team. Sharon joins from Mercer where she was Head of Healthcare and has significant experience delivering a holistic approach to benefit provision. Stuart also joins from Mercer, where his experience covers advising sponsors and trustees on DC and benefit pension schemes and flexible benefits.
Steven Kirkpatrick, head of UK pensions at PwC, comments: “I am excited to welcome our new joiners to the PwC pensions business. It’s brilliant to have people of such calibre and experience choose PwC, and demonstrates the strength of our growing business. The current market means pension schemes and sponsors will need expert support more than ever before to better manage the demands placed on them. We continue to actively recruit the market’s top talent to meet client demand.”
Raj Mody, trustee services leader and global head of pensions at PwC, adds: “The knowledge and experience of our new hires, combined with the client relationships across our multi-disciplinary team, will allow PwC to continue to provide up-to-date, fresh and independent advice. We are seeing increased demand in particular for strategic advice to trustees to help them with risk management, data, investment efficiency and end-game planning.”
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