West Midlands Pension Fund strategic director of pensions Geik Drever is to retire at the end of September 2017 after more than five years with the fund and 30 years within the public sector.

A qualified chartered accountant, Geik joined the fund in March 2012 having joined local government in 1987 and taking the role of chief accountant for City of Edinburgh Council before taking over responsibility for Lothian Pension Fund in 2002.

Director of Pensions at WMPF Rachel Brotherwood will take on leadership of the fund from 1 October 2017. A qualified actuary, she joined the fund in 2015 having previously worked for over a decade advising trustee and corporate clients on a wide range of strategic pensions issues.

Since joining the fund, she has led on review of the pension administration, funding and investment strategies, driven development of in-house systems, overseen asset allocation and the delivery of cost transparency and management, building relationships with key stakeholders.

CIO at the fund Jason Fletcher has been appointed CIO for the newly established investment pool, LGPS Central.

He joined the West Midlands Pension Fund in September 2016 and prior to this worked for the Universities Superannuation Scheme for 20 years, including positions as deputy chief investment officer.

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