The Board’s
Terms of Reference Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy
is available
here
The purpose of the Board is to assist the
Administering Authority in its role as a scheme manager of the
Scheme. Such assistance is to:
(a)
secure compliance with the Regulations, any other
legislation relating to the governance and administration of the
Scheme, and requirements imposed by the Pensions Regulator in
relation to the Scheme and;
(b)
to ensure the effective and efficient governance and
administration of the Scheme.
For contact details of LPB members please contact
the Board Secretary, Kieran Elliott on kieran.elliott@wiltshire.gov.uk
or 01225 718504
Local Pension Board – Membership
Biographies
Independent Chairman:
Mark Spilsbury IPFA, BA(Hons), former Head of the Gloucestershire
Local Government Pension Fund -
Register of Interest
Prior
to being appointed as the Independent Chair of the Wiltshire Local
Pension Board, Mark has spent 40 years working within Local
Government. Having joined Herford and Worcester County Council in
1980, he qualified as a CIPFA accountant in 1983, and then took on
various audit roles within the Council until 1988. Mark was then
appointed as the Force Finance Manager at the Gloucestershire
Police Authority, taking responsibility for all aspects of
financial management within the authority. Following two years in
this role, he was appointed as the Head of Audit and Risk
Management at Gloucestershire County Council. Here he oversaw the
provision of internal audit services to the County Council and
Police Authority for around 15 years. Mark then began to take
responsibility for the management of other financial functions
within the Council until, in 2008, he was appointed as the Deputy
Chief Financial Officer, responsible for the delivery of all core
financial services. Finally, in 2016, Mark took flexible retirement
and moved into the Head of Pensions role at Gloucestershire County
Council, initially on a job share basis, before taking over the
full role in 2017. Hence, he has four years’ experience of
running a Local Government Pension Fund, and was involved in the
initial establishment of the Brunel Pension Partnership. He also
chaired the Oxfordshire Local Pension Board. Having retired from
Gloucestershire County Council in early 2020, Mark is delighted to
now have been given the opportunity to use his skills and
experience in the roles of the Independent Chair of the Wiltshire
Local Pension Board, and the Cornwall Local Pension Board, to which
he has also been appointed as the Independent Chair.
Employer Member Representative: Laura Fisher, active member
Register of Interest
Laura
joined the former Wiltshire County Council in 2007 working as a
Project Officer within the HR team. Her current role as the
HR Pay and Reward Consultant involves managing pay and grading
policies for all staff including pay and grading reviews,
incremental progression and the implementation of pay awards for
across all terms and conditions of employment. This also includes
oversight of all reward related polices and frameworks including
staff benefits. Laura acts as the professional HR lead for
the LGPS.
Scheme Member Representative: Marlene Corbey, Union Representative -
Register of Interest
Originally an analytical chemist I moved into local
government, on the relocation of my husband to Wiltshire in 1970,
when I joined Wiltshire County Council.
My initial post was with Health Department but,
following local government reorganisation in 1974, I moved to
Education, first in County Hall, then into school administration.
From 1982 - 2007, as a member of our Senior Leadership Team, I was
Principle Administrative Officer at Devizes School this being
throughout the transition from local management to Grant Maintained
status.
Unison [Nalgo] member
1970 - to date, now an active member of our Wiltshire branch
retired members committee, I have represented at national
conferences. I continue to take every opportunity to develop my
knowledge of public service management including law, finance and
IT which I will apply to support my contributions for the benefit
of our LGPS members.
I am also an elected member of the Cooperative Group
National Members Council.
Scheme Member Representative:
Mike Pankiewicz, Unison representative, retired member
Register
of Interests
Mike has been a member on the Wiltshire Pension Fund
since 1988. For the past 33 years he has been an observer
representing the scheme membership. Over this time, he has
gained a significant amount of knowledge and understanding of the
Wiltshire Pension Fund committee and the Local Government Pension
Scheme. Mike is a qualified accountant and worked for the
procurement team at Wiltshire Council. He has also
represented Unison at national pension conferences and roundtable
discussion events.
Employer Member Representative: James Nicholson, active member Register
of Interest
Employer Member Representative: George Simmonds, active member Register
of Interest