The Trustees

MPS constituencies

Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire

Scotland, North West England & North Wales

Central & Southern England & South Wales

Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Lincolnshire

North East England & Overseas

Paul Trickett (Chair)

I joined the Committee of Management on 1 July 2017 as a Trustee and as Chair of the Investment Sub-committee. I was appointed as Chairman of the Committee of Management on 1 September 2021. I spent the first 19 years of my career with the National Coal Board, starting as a graduate trainee and subsequently as Head of MPS Pensions Administration and MPS Scheme Secretary. I moved to Towers Watson where I spent 13 years as an investment consultant. In 2011 I joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management as Head of Global Solutions, EMEA before leaving in 2013 to undertake a number of roles within investment management and pensions. These roles currently include Chair of the Santander and National Grid UK Pension Schemes, non-executive director and Chair of Investment Committee at Aviva Life Holdings, and non-executive director at Thomas Miller Holdings.

Paula Hay-Plumb (Chair of MESC and DASC)

I was appointed as a Trustee in December 2021 and I am Chair of both the Member Experience Sub-committee and the Discretions & Appeals Sub-committee. A Chartered Accountant, my experience as both an executive and non-executive Director spans the private, public and charitable sectors. I spent nine years on the Board of national regeneration agency English Partnerships and in 1997/98 I was Chair of the Coalfields Taskforce, subsequently becoming a founding Trustee of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. My other current non-executive appointments include The Crown Estate, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Michelmersh Brick Holdings plc.

Ian Maybury

I was appointed as a Trustee in September 2014 and am currently a member of both the Investment Sub-committee and the Risk & Assurance Sub-committee. I am an experienced trustee and actuary with expertise in investment and risk management. I have held actuarial and management roles at Royal London, and investment consulting and asset management roles at Redington and Schroders respectively. I have previously held Trustee roles at Royal London and Citi and I am currently an independent Trustee Director of the Universities Superannuation Scheme and a Trustee of the Citigroup, Unilever and the Royal National Institute of Blind People pension schemes.

John McLaughlin (Chair of ISC)

I joined the Committee of Management on 1 September 2021 as a Trustee and as Chair of the Investment Sub-committee. I worked for 24 years at Schroder Investment Management in a variety of roles, including as Head of Multi-Asset Investment. I am currently an independent director of the investment manager T. Rowe Price UK Limited and a member of the investment committee of The Kings Fund. I am also a trustee of the recycling charity Furnistore, which provides basic furniture to low-income families in East Surrey.

Ken Capstick

I am the Pensioner Representative Trustee for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, having been elected in October 2016, and am currently a member of both the Member Experience Sub-committee and the Discretions & Appeals Sub-committee. I worked underground in the mining industry for 38 years and was an NUM Branch Delegate and NUM Yorkshire Area Executive member and Vice-Chairman of the NUM Yorkshire Area. I worked as a coordinator of further and higher education for Thomas Danby College in Leeds before becoming editor of the NUM Journal ‘The Miner’ and administrator of the NUM’s website, positions I held for six years until 2010. I am on the Guardian’s ‘Comment is Free’ online panel and have been commissioned by the Guardian to write a number of articles. I hold an intermediate certificate in bookkeeping and undertake training courses regularly to keep up to date with current issues facing the Scheme and have gained a number of certificates in economics.

Bobby Clelland

I was first elected as the Pensioner Representative Trustee for Scotland, North West England and North Wales in October 2009. I am currently a member of the Investment Sub-committee, the Member Experience Sub-committee and the Discretions & Appeals Sub-committee. I worked underground for 26 years and was also Captain of the Mines Rescue Brigade. I am an active member of the NUM and have held various positions over the years. I am currently a representative for the medical appeals tribunal and an elected member of the Fife Council for West Fife and Coastal Villages.

Anthony W. Jones

I was first elected as the Pensioner Representative Trustee for Central and Southern England and South Wales in October 2012 and am currently a member of the Risk & Assurance Sub-committee. I worked underground for 22 years, holding various posts in the industry; I served as Lodge Committee Secretary, and Chairman of the NUM South Wales Area. I was a previously elected member of Carmarthenshire County Council, and a Board Member of Dyfed Pension Scheme. I am currently Trustee of Ammanford & District Miners Welfare, the Swansea Valley Miners Disaster Trust and Ammanford Miners Theatre.

Allen Young

I was first elected as the Pensioner Representative Trustee for North East England and Overseas in April 2005 and am currently a member of the Investment Sub-committee. I worked in the coal industry for 20 years and my previous experience includes positions as a Lodge Secretary and Member of the NUM’s Durham Area and North East Area Executive Committee. I am currently an Independent Financial Adviser regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.