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.

Karen Jones (Chair of MESC and DASC)

I was appointed as a Trustee in September 2017 and I am Chair of the Member Experience Sub-committee and the Discretions & Appeals Sub-committee. I have spent 25 years in the pensions industry and have been Chairman of three pension scheme trustee boards. I have a wide experience of occupational pension schemes and am currently Staff Pensions Director of Aviva, where my role covers all aspects of pension scheme management.

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.

Mick Newton

I was elected as the Pensioner Representative Trustee for Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire in October 2019, and am currently a member of the Risk & Assurance Sub-committee. I worked underground in the mining industry during the 1980s and 1990s at Thoresby Colliery, and have served as a youth delegate, Branch President and delegate of the NUM. I served as a County Councillor for Mansfield District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council between 1993 and 2001, and am currently Chair of my Local Community Association and East Midlands Regional Secretary of the National Pensioners Convention.

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.