Pension Careers Explored

The SPP is pleased to provide an overview of different career paths in pensions, as well as testimonies from various pensions professionals on their career journey and experiences, as well as what they believe the future holds for the pensions industry.

Pension Careers Explored

Ever considered a career in Pensions Administration?

This short video, featuring two senior pensions administration professionals, clearly and helpfully sets out:
        • What pensions admin is
        • The types of roles and responsibilities that someone pursuing a pensions admin career could expect
        • Why a career in pensions administration is recommended
        • What’s needed to pursue a successful career in pensions admin e.g. skills, experience, qualifications etc.
        • Some of the different routes into the profession e.g. graduate training programmes, opportunities for career switchers and apprenticeships
        • What the future might look like for the profession

My Career in Pensions

Ian McQuade

CEO – Governance/Pension Management

Pete Cottingham

Head of Public Affairs/Retail & Savings Policy

Neil Davies

Actuary – Investment Consultant

Faye Jarvis

Pensions Lawyer

Atul del Tasso-Dhupelia

Pension Consultant

Michel Bernard

Fund Management

Laura Higgins

Actuary

Natalie Winterfrost

Pension Trustee

We hope that this resource supports your understanding of the wider pensions landscape.
Do let us know if there are other institutions that you feel it would be valuable for us to add.

Thank You to our Interviewers