Speaker Profile: Gary Smith

Gary is a pensions and investment professional with over 35 years’ experience.  Over that time, he has held various senior leadership roles across the provider, investment management and consultancy sectors.

He has worked with, and advised, some of the UK’s largest pension schemes, dealing with scheme governance, investment strategy, administration and member communications. He has also, more recently, set up and run one of the UK’s leading DC master trust schemes.

Gary currently has a portfolio of non-executive and trustee roles.

He is well known in the pensions market and in recognition of his achievements, he was voted “European Pensions Personality of the Year” in 2010 and “Top 5 Investment and Benefits Consultant” by PlanSponsor Europe in 2011.