SPP Event: State Pensions and their Interaction with Occupational Schemes
Online
Thursday 11 December 2025
09:00-10:15
Join our experts as we explore the details behind the State Pension system, and its influence over the design and operation of occupational schemes in the UK. This topic will be of interest to those involved in advising pension schemes across a wide range of areas, including both DB and DC provision.
Speakers
Phil Warner
Head of Technical, Research & Policy, Dalriada Trustees
Phil Warner is Head of Technical, Research and Policy. His career spans over 25 years specialising in technical research, government and industry engagement (policy and technical) and legislative interpretation. This has included major initiatives such as Pension Simplification, Automatic Enrolment, Pension Freedoms, Simpler Annual Statement Standardisation and DWP Pension scam legislation.
Rebecca Howard
Senior Practice Development Lawyer, Pinsent Masons LLP
Rebecca has more than 15 years’ practical experience advising the trustees and sponsoring employers of defined benefit occupational pension schemes on all aspects of pensions law. She recently became a Senior Knowledge Lawyer at Pinsent Masons and spends much of her time considering the impact of legislative and policy changes on the pensions industry. Rebecca is a member of the SPP Legislation Committee and the Association of Pensions Lawyers.
Steve Webb
Partner, Lane, Clark & Peacock
Steve Webb was Minister of State for Pensions between 2010 and 2015. During that time he implemented major reforms to the state pension system, oversaw the successful introduction of automatic enrolment and played a key role in the new pension freedoms implemented in April 2015. He was awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s honours in 2017.
Following his time in Parliament he worked for Royal London for four years before joining LCP as a partner in 2020, where he has campaigned successfully to secure an estimated £2 billion in backpayments for over 100,000 women who had been underpaid state pensions. More recently he has been working on proposals for reform of the DB funding system and on innovative ideas for decumulation in DC pensions.
Stuart Earle (Chair)
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
Stuart is a Partner in the Eversheds Sutherland Pensions team. He has over 20 years’ experience advising trustees and employers across all forms of pension scheme (in both the private and public sector), from the smallest to those with assets in excess of £50bn. In addition to advising clients on funding and risk management strategies for defined benefit pension schemes, he advises some of the largest DC Mastertrusts in the UK with particular focus on new forms of decumulation and value for member issues. He was previously seconded to HM Treasury, where he advised Lord Hutton on the root and branch review of public service pension schemes.
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