Mark Hyde Harrison has been elected as the next chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), succeeding Lindsay Tomlinson from 21 October 2011 onwards.

Current vice-chairman Hyde Harrisson is chief executive of the Barclays UK Retirement Fund and has been a member of the NAPF Investment Council since 2006. He also serves on the NAPF board and its Audit & Risk Management Committee.

Commenting on his appointment, Hyde Harrison said the NAPF has achieved much success in the recent years, but that there are further challenges ahead.

“As Chairman of the Association I look forward to building on those successes and ensuring that the NAPF stays at the forefront of the debate on the future of pension provision in the UK.

“These will also be challenging times for the NAPF which will have to adapt to the new pensions environment and reach out to a wider constituency."

Current chairman of the NAPF, Tomlinson, whose two-year term of office ends at the NAPF Annual General Meeting in Manchester in October, said: “I congratulate Mark on becoming the next Chairman of the Association. He will lead the NAPF at an intense time for pensions, with a raft of reforms including auto-enrolment set to change the face of pensions in the Britain.”

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