Speaker Profile: Ann Rigby

Ann Rigby has worked as an independent professional trustee for eight years and her considerable experience includes valuation negotiations, investment strategy reviews, working with fiduciary managers, multi[1]employer and sectionalised schemes, scheme mergers, wind ups and dealings with the Pensions Regulator. Ann chairs a number of sub-committees covering investment, communication and administration issues and is fully accredited as a professional trustee by the APPT under the newly established Professional Trustee standards and is a board director of BESTrustees. Ann qualified as an actuary and has over 30 years’ experience in the pensions industry having worked for a range of institutions including the Co-operative Group, Aon Hewitt and KPMG where she was a Principal. Whilst at KPMG, Ann held over 20 scheme actuary appointments consulting with trustees and sponsors of different sized defined benefit schemes. Ann has frequently presented at trustee training seminars and has previously served on the committee of her local actuarial society based in the North of England.