Following the resignation of David Martin, the Company has appointed Keith Bedell-Pearce to the Trustee Board. Keith has a wealth of experience as a pension scheme Trustee along with a long history with Prudential. Look out for the interview with Keith, which will be published on the Scheme website in the coming months. In the meantime, a brief summary of Keith’s career is shown below.

Keith joined Prudential in 1972 as a systems designer. In 1974 he joined the in-house legal practice and as an articled clerk, one of his first jobs was drafting amendments to our Scheme’s Trust Deed. He subsequently qualified as a solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial law. He moved into general management in 1982 and was appointed to the main Board of Prudential plc in 1992, retiring in 2002.

Following his retirement Keith has been the Chair of a number of private and public sector organisations including Norwich & Peterborough Building Society, the Student Loans Company and Directgov. He was also a non-executive director of F&C Asset Management plc for 12 years, where he was latterly the Senior Independent Director.

Keith has been closely involved in occupational pension schemes as an adviser, an employer representative or a Trustee. He was Chair of the Norwich & Peterborough’s pension scheme and a member of the Investment Committee of the Royal Society. He is also an employer representative of the University of Warwick for its in-house scheme and a member of this scheme’s Investment Sub-Committee. As Honorary Treasurer of the University of Warwick and a member of its Council, he remains closely involved in advising on the resolution of the tribulations that beset the Universities Superannuation Scheme.