SPP Event: Inclusive Futures: Voices and Vision from the Pensions Sector and Beyond
Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2AL and Online
Wednesday 19 November 2025
16:00 – 18:30
Following the launch of a collection of articles arranged by the SPP, this event seeks to raise awareness of the continued importance of DEI. With speakers from Disability Rights UK and UN Women UK, as well as key pension industry leaders, we will explore how the industry can:
- Lead by example, actively supporting the improvement of employment outcomes for Disabled people
- Play a transformative role by actively investing in and promoting gender equality
- Drive wider change and deliver a more inclusive future for UK pensions
Following the discussion, we invite those attending in-person to relax over drinks, informally continuing the discussion with the panel and industry colleagues.
Agenda:
16.00: Arrival and Registration
16.30: Sessions begin
17.30: Networking reception
Speakers
Tabitha Morton
Executive Director, UN Women UK
Tabitha joined UN Women UK as Chief Operating Officer in 2022, becoming Executive Director in 2023. In addition, Tabitha is Chair of domestic abuse charity Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse. Tabitha also served as
Deputy Leader of the Women’s Equality Party and was Chief Executive of More United, a political tech driven start-up.
Tabitha made a strong call to arms in her article on gender to the SPP’s “Inclusive Futures” project this year, stating, “Gender disparities in income and employment directly translate into inequalities in pension outcomes. Women are more likely to work part-time, take career breaks to provide unpaid care, and live longer – all of which reduce lifetime pension contributions. Addressing the gender pay gap through inclusive hiring, equitable career progression, and equal pay policies will, in turn, help close the gender pensions gap. This is not only fair – it’s financially prudent in an ageing society where more women than ever are retiring into poverty.”
Kamran Mallick
Chief Executive, Disability Rights UK
Kamran Mallick joined Disability Rights UK as its Chief Executive in July 2017. He is the former Chief Executive of Action on Disability. He serves on the boards of the Lyric Hammersmith, Wheels for Wellbeing and Lloyds Bank Foundation.
Kamran contributed a passionate article on disability to the SPP’s “Inclusive Futures” project this year, stating, “The pensions industry must lead by example, actively supporting systemic changes to improve employment outcomes for disabled people…We can all be part of a national movement committed to closing the disability employment and pension gaps, making a meaningful step towards a more inclusive and equitable future.”
Sophia Singleton
SPP President and Head of DC, XPS Pensions Group
Sophia is a partner and Head of DC at XPS Pensions Group. She has over 25 years’ experience in the UK pensions industry and advises corporates and trustees across all areas of their DC schemes including optimising benefit design, developing investment solutions, improving member engagement and ensuring effective scheme governance.
Daniel Gerring (Chair)
Partner, Travers Smith LLP
Daniel has been a partner at Travers Smith since 2012. From 2016 to 2023 he led Travers’ pensions practice, during which time it moved into the top tier of both Chambers and Legal 500 and won many awards, including several for its extensive work and thought leadership on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Daniel is the Client Relationship Partner for a number of Travers Smith’s largest and most high-profile clients and is also involved in the leadership of Travers Smith’s wider business. As well as sitting on its DEI Board, he led the establishment of Travers’ multi-award winning Corporate Social Responsibility programme and is its Senior LGBT+ Champion.
Daniel features in Legal 500’s Hall of Fame and ranks highly in Chambers and Partners. He has been named by Who’s Who Legal as a ‘Global Elite Thought Leader’ and has been ranked in the top 15 in OUTstanding’s top 100 LGBT+ Executives List worldwide (published by the Financial Times). He was named Mentor of the Year at the British Legal Awards and Leader of the Year at the PMI Pinnacle Awards. He is honoured to be a Leadership Fellow of St George’s House, Windsor Castle and to be a member of the Network Group for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT+ Rights.
Daniel brings all of this experience to advising pension trustees and/or sponsors on all legal, regulatory and governance issues which they face, as well as advising a range of others on pensions, governance and diversity, equity and inclusion.
This event is kindly being hosted by:
Travers Smith LLP
10 Snow Hill
London
EC1A 2AL
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