Chair Profile: Jerry Gandhi
Jerry is a pension and benefits expert with over 40 years’ experience. He has operated within small and large pension operations in many diverse environments covering projects, hands-on management and delivering to both trustees and company. He is a leader in the field of trustee governance and operational excellence for both DB and DC schemes. He fully appreciates, and has extensive experience in, managing the conflicts between company/commercial economic impact vs trustees’ member/fiduciary responsibilities. Jerry has significant expertise in understanding employer covenant and affordability as well as the need to agree appropriate long-term investment and funding strategy that works for both the trustees and scheme sponsors. Jerry is well known in the pensions market, works energetically to build strong relationships quickly and works collaboratively with all stakeholders and advisers. He is known for effective decision-making, being innovative and having a strong focus in driving the agenda to ensure the company and pension trustees work to achieving a win-win solution to protect and deliver the benefits promised.