The Pensions Regulator’s executive director for defined benefit regulation Stephen Soper has been appointed to a new pensions role at PwC.

Soper will be leaving the regulator after holding his role for over six years. He will be leaving at the end of the month and will join PwC as senior pensions adviser within PwC’s pensions credit advisory team from September.

The regulator’s chair Mark Boyle said: “Stephen Soper has achieved an immense amount during the last six years.

“Under Stephen’s leadership of DB, the regulator has achieved landmark case outcomes that have boosted the security of members’ pensions, including last year's £184m settlement for the Lehman Brothers Pension Scheme.

“The regulator’s voice is now heard with much greater clarity as a result of Stephen championing transparent casework reports and publication of an annual guidance statement on the funding of DB schemes.

“In particular, I would like to thank him for his strong leadership as interim chief executive, during a period which saw a significant expansion in the organisation’s remit and the roll-out of the first phase of automatic enrolment. We wish him well in his future role.”

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