Pension Team

Mark Ashworth is a Barrister and Chartered Secretary. He joined Law Debenture in 2001 after 12 years with the NatWest Group where he was latterly Head of Group Pensions, responsible for pensions policy and administration. Before joining NatWest he was a research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Mark is a member of the Council of the Society of Pension Consultants and served as President from 2006 to 2008. Mark is responsible for Law Debenture's pension scheme trusteeship activity.

Steve Balmont is a Chartered Accountant. He has worked for an investment bank and in public practice, latterly with Moore Stephens, where he established and was responsible for their pensions audit expertise.  He also has experience of financial services regulation and personnel management.  He joined Law Debenture in 2000.

John Bloxsome is a Chartered Accountant. Before joining Law Debenture he was a partner at Spicer & Oppenheim, where his responsibilities included technical and international affairs, and from where he was seconded for two years to the International Accounting Standards Committee. John is on the committee of the Pensions Research Accountants Group responsible for maintaining the Statement of Recommended Practice.

David Felder has over 25 years experience of working with pension funds in both the public and private sectors, first at Morgan Grenfell (now part of Deutsche Bank) as a fixed income fund manager and then at Kleinwort Benson (now owned by Allianz) where he was Head of Fixed Income between 1992 and 1998.  More recently David was Head of Investments in London for Daiwa SB Investments.  He joined Law Debenture in 2002 and is a fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute.

Veronica Fulton is a Chartered Accountant. She was a partner with MacIntyre Hudson, where she specialised in start ups and general financial management.  She has also worked for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. Veronica previously spent five years with Law Debenture in the 1990's specialising in pension schemes with insolvent employers.

Philip Gillett is a Chartered Accountant. He joined Law Debenture in 2008 after 12 years with ICI PLC where he was Group Vice President Tax and Treasury. Prior to joining ICI he was Finance Director and Director of Tax and Treasury with Courage Ltd. He started his working life at Price Waterhouse (now PwC) where he became senior tax and financial services partner. Philip served on various pension boards at both Courage and ICI. Additionally he is Chairman of the Tax Committee of the CBI, a Past President of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and a former Hon Treasurer of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Rodney Jagelman is an Actuary.  He was a partner with Bacon & Woodrow, leaving to head up the actuarial practice at Gissings, a City based firm of employee benefit consultants. His responsibilities there included Scheme Actuary appointments and Trustee Training.  He joined Law Debenture in 2004.

Helen James is an Actuary. She was a partner at Watson Wyatt where her responsibilities included advising trustees and employers in relation to occupational pension schemes. Prior to that, she was a partner at Clay & Partners (now AON).  She joined Law Debenture in 2006.

David Kidd is an Economist and investment professional with 25 years experience in the investment management industry, mostly at Board level. He joined Law Debenture in January 2009 after spending the last 3 years as Chief Investment Officer with Arbuthnot Latham. Prior to this he was Chief Investment Officer and Deputy Managing Director at Chiswell Associates for 12 years. His non-executive directorships include the Salvation Army International Trustee Company, Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust PLC and Shires Income PLC.

Antony Macwhinnie is a Chartered Accountant (having qualified at what is now KPMG) with wide ranging experience over nearly 20 years in all aspects of corporate finance with UBS Warburg, NatWest Markets and latterly as a managing director at Deutsche Bank.  He is a member of the Securities Institute and a TPAS adviser.  He joined Law Debenture in 2002.

Richard Main is a Chartered Secretary, an MBA and a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute. His background is in the management of large corporate pension schemes and he joined Law Debenture from Reed Elsevier, where he was Pensions Manager.  He is Chairman of the NAPF City and Eastern Group.

Catherine Michell is a Solicitor. Before joining Law Debenture in 2006 following a career break, she practised as a pensions lawyer at Lovells for seven years advising trustees and employers in relation to pension schemes.  Catherine trained as a lawyer in South Africa having gained an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand, and moved to the UK in 1996.

Charles Morgan is a Solicitor. He qualified with Allen & Overy, where he was a partner for 12 years. He specialised in transactional and advisory work in the corporate, commercial and financial sectors, and gained a broad experience of corporate trustee work.

Eric Stobart is a Chartered Accountant and an MBA. He joined Law Debenture in January 2009 after more than 30 years with Lloyds TSB Group PLC where latterly he was Director of Public Policy and Regulation. He remains a trustee of the Lloyds TSB Group Pension Schemes and Chairman of its Investment and Funding Committee. Previously he was Chief Executive of Hill Samuel Bank. His non-executive roles include being a Director of Advent Capital (Holdings) PLC, Chairman of Capita Managing Agency Limited, a Director of Falcon Property Trust, a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of The Throgmorton Trust and Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Utilico Limited.

Eddie Thomas is an Actuary, an Associate of the Pensions Management Institute, and an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute.  Before joining Law Debenture, he was Chief Executive and Finance Director of a national charity. Prior to that he was a partner at Bacon & Woodrow responsible for wide ranging advice to pension clients in the public and private sectors.  He joined Law Debenture in 2003 and was responsible for Law Debenture's pension scheme trusteeship activity until 2008.

Sue Timbrell is a Chartered Public Finance Accountant and has 25 years experience in the pensions industry.  Sue was Director of Pensions at Transport for London and Company Secretary to the TfL Trustee Company before joining Law Debenture in 2007. She was previously Head of Pensions, Investments and Treasury at the Environment Agency.  Sue is a member of the NAPF Investment Council. She deputises for Mark Ashworth in the running of Law Debenture's pension scheme trusteeship.