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, Ellen Ghey on ellen.ghey@wiltshire.gov.uk
or 01225 718259.
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: Paul Smith, Head of
Finance & Section S151 Officer, Swindon Borough Council
Register of Interest
Paul is the Head of
Finance and Deputy S151 Officer at Swindon Borough Council where he
has worked for the last 11 years. He is a qualified accountant with
over 20 years post-qualification experience having previously
worked for Bristol City Council, Deloitte and the Ministry of
Defence. His current role is varied and includes supporting the
Council’s economy, property and regeneration teams, as well
as managing the treasury management function and a large schools
PFI project. Paul is also an Employer appointed Trustee on the
Thamesdown Transport Pension
Scheme.
Employer Member Representative: Richard Britton, Wiltshire Councillor
Register
of Interest
Richard
has served as a Wiltshire councillor for some years, and as
Chairman of the Council from 2015 to 2017. Following a career in
the early computer industry, Richard spent two decades buying or
launching a variety of small businesses and building them for
eventual sale. Richard has a Master’s Degree in Business
Administration and still works as a commercial finance
broker.
Employer Member Representative: Ian Jones, Chief Operating Officer,
The Whitehorse Federation Register
of Interest
Ian is a Chartered Accountant with the
White Horse Federation Multi Academy
Trust & has accumulated significant senior level finance
experience across a broad spectrum of sectors including the
Automotive, Aerospace and Pharmaceutical industries. Whilst
a Chief Finance Officer for a Pharmaceutical company he held
a number of pension related posts, including Chair of a
Defined Benefit Pension Committee before becoming Company liaison
to the same Committee. Both roles have provided Ian with specific
experience in pension accounting and
disclosures.Now a COO with the
White Horse Federation, Ian would like to offer his services &
experience by representing both members & employers on the
Wiltshire Pension Fund’s Local Pension
board. In
representation the Fund’s employers Ian is conscious that it
is even more important to understand the broader profile of the
LGPS membership and the growth in other non-Local Government
organisations that the Fund also represents.
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 31 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.
Scheme Member Representative: Rod Lauder, Wiltshire
Council representative, active member
Register
of Interest
Rod
joined Wiltshire Council as an ICT Technical Specialist in 2016 and
now works as a Technical Project Manager running IT Infrastructure
projects within the Programme Management Office. Prior to that, he
spent 29 years in IT at British Airways, preceded by a spell as a
Mill Supervisor on a small gold mine in Sudan.During his time at BA, he became very acquainted with their
pension scheme; one of the few final salary schemes similar to our
LGPS. He believes strongly in encouraging colleagues to make the
most of their pension opportunities; particularly the younger
members, for whom the idea of retirement seems far beyond the
horizon.
