The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has chosen Lindsay Tomlinson to be its new chairman. He will replace Christopher Hitchen on 16 October 2009.

Tomlinson is currently vice-chairman of Barclays Global Investors Europe, and in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2005 was awarded an OBE for services to the fund management industry.

"I congratulate Lindsay on his election as Chairman of the Association," commented Hitchen, who on the date of Tomlinson's instalment as chairman will have served his two-year term. "He will take over at a very challenging time, with ever-increasing pressure growing on workplace pensions and the launch of Personal Accounts. I know that he will be as determined as I have been to work towards wider as well as deeper retirement provision in the UK. I have every confidence that he will be that he will be a great NAPF chairman."

Tomlinson added that the next couple of years will be crucial for the development of pension provision in the UK. "It is vital that the NAPF continues to redefine its role in line with the changes and remains at the centre of the debate.

"Using the expertise of both its staff and its members working in every corner of the pensions industry, the NAPF has a sound reputation as an organisation which is working for the common good and I am very happy to have been elected Chairman.

"I look forward to working with Joanne Segars and her team at the NAPF in meeting the challenges ahead. The NAPF is in good shape and I would like to pay tribute to Chris Hitchen for leaving such a strong legacy."

- Pensions Age June 2009

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