We are delighted to welcome Shalin Bhagwan, Chief Actuary at the Pension Protection Fund, and Angela Winchester, recently appointed as Head of Compliance Advisory & Business Oversight at Phoenix Group (Standard Life), to Pensions for Purpose as our new Non-Executive Directors.

Shalin brings extensive institutional investment experience across insurance and pensions. Having advised some of the UK’s largest pension funds on their liability-driven investment strategies, he will provide a unique perspective to our strategic direction and support our Executive team in deepening our industry impact.

Shalin said: “I am pleased to be joining the Pensions for Purpose Board as we work to place sustainability and social impact at the heart of retirement outcomes. I look forward to working with Charlotte O’Leary, Karen Shackleton and the wider team to help a wider audience understand the importance, benefits and challenges of incorporating social impact into retirement decision making.””

As a chartered accountant, Angela brings expertise in risk and compliance, finance, business transformation and operations. With over 25 years’ experience in financial services across retail life, pensions, asset management, professional trusteeship, banking and wealth management, she offers invaluable breadth and depth to our work. Angela’s recent return to the life and pension provider sector makes Pensions for Purpose a natural fit for her and for us.

Angela said: “I am delighted to be joining Pensions for Purpose at an exciting time for the industry that brings substantial opportunities and challenges. I look forward to working with Board and the Executive team, bringing my experience in governance, risk and transformation to help scale the organisation and bring about positive change for people and planet.”

“Pensions for Purpose has grown significantly in the breadth of our membership and in our ambitions to support financial transformation by integrating people and planet in our pension and investment systems. Our new Board appointments reflect the importance our industry sees in our independence and influence over systems change. Pensions for Purpose is determined to build out our membership to reflect more of the investment system and, in doing so, to be better able to influence and support its transformation for the benefit of everyone,” said Charlotte O’Leary, CEO.

Meet our Board members