Trustees of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (the Trustee)
The Scheme’s Committee of Management (the Committee) is made up of ten Trustee Directors. Five are appointed and five are elected.
Appointed Trustee Directors
Appointed Trustee Directors are appointed, and may be removed, by the Committee. When there is a vacancy, a Nomination Group of two appointed and two elected Trustee Directors is set up to find a suitable replacement. The Nomination Group then make a recommendation to the Committee. The term of office for an appointed Trustee Director is three years. The maximum number of terms an Appointed Trustee Director can serve is three, although this can be extended with the agreement of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (the Guarantor).
Elected Pensioner Representative Trustee Directors
The Pensioner Representative Trustee Directors are elected by Scheme members from five constituencies. The term of office for an elected Pensioner Representative is five years after which he or she will be eligible for re-election. There is no maximum number of terms for an elected Pensioner Representative.
MPS Appointed Trustees
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Chris Cheetham (Chair of CoM)
I was first appointed as a Trustee in September 2009 and until 30 June 2017, I was the Chair of the Investment Sub-committee. I was appointed as Chairman of the Committee of Management on 1 July 2017 and am currently a member of the Member Experience Sub-committee and the Discretions & Appeals Sub-committee. I have 35 years’ experience in the investment management industry and have a wide range of investment experience at a senior level. Some of my previous roles include CEO of AXA Investment Managers UK and Director of Investment Strategy Research at Prudential Portfolios Management. I am currently Global Chief Investment Officer at HSBC Global Asset Management.
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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.
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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.
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James McAleenan (Chair of RASC)
I was appointed as a Trustee in August 2018 and I am Chair of the Risk & Assurance Sub-committee. Having worked in the financial industry for over 40 years, for KPMG, JPMorgan and BNP Paribas, I retired from full time employment in 2016 and am now a part time Trustee and Non-Executive Director for a charity, for a financial consultancy as well as for the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme. My experience in financial services includes roles as a Pension Trustee, as Chair of an Audit and Risk committee and as a CEO for a service provider to the pensions and investments industry.
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Paul Trickett (Chair of ISC)
I joined the Committee of Management on 1 July 2017 as a Trustee and as Chair of the Investment Sub-committee. 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.
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MPS Elected Trustees
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Trustees must adhere to the Scheme Rules and legislation, they must act wisely, responsibly and honestly, and most importantly they must act in the best interests of Scheme beneficiaries. The Trustees’ main responsibility is to pay Scheme beneficiaries the right benefits at the right time in line with the Scheme Rules. Their duties are wide ranging as set out below: