John Bannister
Professional Trustee and Pensions Adviser
Services
Professional Trustee
Experienced Professional Trustee available either directly or via Capital Cranfield. Currently working with 12 Pension Schemes ranging from £5m to £500m in asset size as Professional Corporate Sole Trustee, Chair of Trustee and Co-Trustee. In addition acts as an Alternate Co-Trustee for 3 Pension Schemes with assets over £4bn.
Current experience of leading DB and DC schemes, mergers, buy-ins, buy-outs, distribution of surplus, valuations, de-risking investment strategies, MasterTrust selection and transfers, DC investment strategy, advisor selection and cost management strategies.
Pensions Adviser
Available to support setting and implementation of DB and DC pensions and wider saving strategy, benefit change, provider selection, adviser selection, secretariat support and other pensions advice.
Background
27 years’ experience as a Partner, Scheme Actuary and Corporate Actuary at Mercer Limited advising Trustees and Corporates on pension schemes with assets from £7m to £7bn. Recent experience included liability management exercises, benefit change, derisking strategies, member options exercises, buy-ins, buy-outs, valuation advice.
Accredited Professional Trustee since September 2021. Currently responsible for 12 pension schemes.
Pensions Manager for a large Mental Health Charity responsible for their legacy DB Scheme and for DC provision for their 4,500 employees.
