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: 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: 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.
Scheme Member Representative: Juliet Weimar, Head of
Service for Resources and Venues at Trowbridge Town Council, active
member
Register of Interest
Juliet Weimar is Head of Service for Resources and
Venues at Trowbridge Town Council (TTC) with full responsibility
for the council’s human resource operations. She is
responsible for all policies, procedures, recruitment, training and
development, management of personal conflict and employment law.
Juliet heads up the Finance operations, in support of the Town
Clerk’s role as Responsible Finance Officer, delivering a
pro-active financial administration service including payroll,
pensions and other financial systems linked to HR and is involved
in the budgeting and financial reporting for the council. She
deputises for The Town Clerk and CEO for Policy and Resources
committee meetings and plays an instrumental role in ensuring all
policies and procedures are adhered to.
