Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has appointed Michael Eakins as chief executive officer (CEO), subject to regulatory approval.

Eakins is currently Standard Life CEO and group chief investment officer and CEO of retirement solutions group. Before joining Standard Life, he was Goldman Sachs managing director, where he spent over 14 years in a variety of client-facing roles. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he was qualified as an actuary with EY. Eakins will join PIC following the completion of Athora’s acquisition of PIC, and until then, Dom Veney will continue to lead PIC as interim chief executive officer.

Scottish Widows has made three senior appointments to its distribution team.

Caroline Miller has been appointed as strategic partnership director, Alistair Stewart as strategic development director, and Maria Kilpatrick as intermediary senior development manager. Both Miller and Stewart join Scottish Widows from Aberdeen. Miller has over 23 years of sales experience and a well-established network across the financial services industry, and Stewart brings experience of the advice sector, market consolidation and investment insight. Kilpatrick joins from M&G, where she was regional director and has more than 20 years’ experience managing sales teams.

Isio has appointed Marcus Slee as partner and head of employee benefits.

Slee brings over 15 years of experience working across employee benefits, technology and commercial strategy. He joins Isio from Mercer, where he most recently served as partner & digital leader for Mercer Marsh Benefits UK & Europe, and was a member of the UK and European leadership team. He previously held senior leadership roles across Mercer Marsh Benefits, including leading the growth of its UK digital business and overseeing regional digital strategy and commercial performance. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly a decade at Thomsons Online Benefits, where he held various transformation and programme leadership roles.


 
 

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