Inside Pensions are effective change agents and it is a pleasure working with them. Rachael’s approach to working with trustee boards brings speed and clarity to the way business is done and is delivering real results in the way decisions are made.

Patrick Bloomfield, Head of Trustee Solutions, Hymans Robertson

Meet the team

We are experienced and professional scheme secretaries, pension managers, admin specialists, consultants and independent trustees. We can work individually or in small teams depending on the assignment.

Our team has drawn up and implemented change strategies and improved pension processes as leaders of in-house teams, pioneered best practice solutions and are actually authors of the terms 'buy-in' and 'managing liabilities.'

We are also well placed to use our combined practical and professional skills to identify simple changes to make ongoing arrangements more efficient.

Rita Powell

Rita Powell FPMI

Rita is the Founding Director of Inside Pensions and Chairman of the triple award winning GHG Pension Plan. Having spent 30 years as an in-house Pension’s Professional, Scheme Secretary and Trustee, Rita established Inside Pensions in order to provide truly independent Secretariat Services for trustee boards. She is a strategic thinker with a proven track record and believes that keeping things simple can make things happen.

Jocelyn Blackwell FPMI

Jocelyn is a Non-executive Director. Having spent over 30 years in the pensions industry she is highly regarded as the Founding Director of Higham Dunnett Shaw, which specialised in the provision of pensions administration services and advisor reviews. As such she brings a wealth of experience to the team.



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Rachael Fortescue

Rachael Fortescue BA (Hons) APMI

Rachael is Secretary to three schemes with combined assets of £1.9bn. She has broad practical experience including the implementation of complex investment solutions. Past experience includes eight years as Scheme Secretary / in-house Pensions Manager at Rolls-Royce and five years as an Administration Consultant with Lane Clark & Peacock.



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Nancy Marshall

Nancy Marshall BSc

Nancy is Secretary to a £300m investment committee and also to a joint investment committee with assets of c£1.5bn. Having spent over 20 years in the investment industry, she has a technical background combined with expertise in understanding trustee needs and delivering intelligible practical solutions in relation to both DB and DC pension arrangements.



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Beverley Morganl

Beverley Morgan FIA BSc (Hons)

Beverley is a Senior Secretary and Investment Specialist. She is an Actuary by trade, but with a much wider skill set, including problem solving, investment training, and implementing new investment strategies. She is now currently working on the re launch of a large DC scheme. Beverley spent 20 years as an Investment Consultant at Aon Hewitt, and was Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for Bacon and Woodrow UK.



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Melanie Moss QPA

Melanie is a Pensions Administration Specialist and Support Secretary. She has 17 years’ experience in delivering efficient streamlined processes and reducing operational risk in relation to DB, DC and CARE schemes. Melanie is currently working on a major change project for a large scheme.



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Chris Bennell

Chris Bennell

Chris is an experienced Scheme Secretary with a banking and HR background. Past experience includes independent Scheme Secretary to the P&O Ferries Pension Scheme, 5 years Trustee of Bankers Benevolent Fund, 6 years Secretary to the Trustees of the Bank of England Pension Scheme providing full range of governance support services.



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Bryan King

Bryan is an experienced Pensions Manager and Scheme Secretary, having headed up the Total Oil Pensions department for many years. He is also co-author of various Law Debenture 'essentials' guides. Bryan is a well-known industry figure who recently received an award for outstanding contribution to the Pensions Management Institute.



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Liza Elliot

Liza Elliot BA (Hons) APMI

Liza is currently Secretary to a £300m scheme and Assistant Secretary to two schemes totalling £1.5bn. Liza has over 20 years’ experience in the pensions industry. Previously she has been Head of Pensions at Ibstock Brick and ICAEW and Pensions Administration Manager and Assistant Secretary at Abbey National PLC.



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John Champion

John is currently Secretary to two trustee boards, one of which has won three industry awards within the past twelve months. John was previously a Technical Pensions Manager with hands-on experience of change projects and has spent over 40 years working in the pensions industry with a number of firms including Rolls-Royce and Watson Wyatt.



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Jane Pownall (BA Hons) QPA

Jane is our Secretariat Support Manager. She has over 30 years' experience in the pensions industry and has excellent people and process management skills. Jane is a pension’s admin and internal controls specialist, having been an NVQ assessor and internal verifier for the PMIs Qualification in Pensions Administration and also led a team that achieved ISO 9001:2000



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Rose-Marie Bailey

Rose is our office Administrator . She is responsible for the efficient running of the IP office and provides administrative support to the secretariat team.



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