The Trustees

MPS constituencies

Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Lincolnshire

Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire

Scotland, North West England & North Wales

Central & Southern England & South Wales

North East England & Overseas

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. 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.

Karen Jones

I was appointed as a Trustee in September 2017 and am currently a member of the Investment 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 Valuation Working Group. 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.

Paul Trickett (Chair of ISC)

I joined the Committee of Management on 1 July 2017 as Chairman 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 Railpen Investments, Chair of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and non-executive director and Chair of Investment Committee at Aviva Life Holdings. I am also a non-executive director at Thomas Miller Holdings.

  Vacancy 

John Bonser

I was elected as the Pensioner Representative Trustee for Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire in October 2014, and am currently a member of both the Risk and Operations Sub-committee and the Discretions and Appeals Sub-committee. I worked underground in the mining industry for 36 years at New Hucknall and Annesley Colliery and have served as an NUM and UDM Union Branch Official and a Union Social Insurance Officer. I am currently President of the Midland Miners Fatal Accident Relief Society and an elected Trustee of the Nottinghamshire and District Miners Pension Scheme.

Ken Capstick

I am the Pensioner Representative Trustee for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, having been elected in October 2016. 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.

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 both the Investment Sub-committee and the Valuation Working Group. 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 am the Pensioner Representative Trustee for Central and Southern England and South Wales. I am currently a member of the Risk and Operations Sub-committee and the Discretions and Appeals 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, the Nomination Group and the Valuation Working Group. 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.