The Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) has appointed David Fairs as chair and Kim Gubler as president, effective from 24 March 2025.

KGC founder, Gubler is also the principal examiner for Pensions Management Institute’s Advanced Diploma’s final qualifying module, and has acted as subject specialist to The Pensions Regulator (TPR). She also is an accredited independent trustee for the Smart Pension Master Trust and sits on the Pension Dashboards Programme Advisory Group and is working with the Department for Work and Pensions on delivering a solution to the small pots challenge. Meanwhile, Fairs joined LCP as a partner in April 2023 and previously served as TPR’s executive director for regulatory policy, analysis, and advice. He has led major policy initiatives, including TPR’s response to the September 2022 market turbulence around liability-driven investment. He is also a governor of the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), and chair of the Advisory Board for a joint PPI/Kings College research project into collective defined contribution.

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has promoted five individuals to senior roles.

Francesca Garrett-Levy has been promoted to operations director after more than a decade at the PMI, where she started as a qualifications administrator in 2013. Additionally, Charlie Culley, who joined the PMI in 2022 as a business development executive, has been promoted to the role of business development manager. Hester Potiuk has also received a promotion, moving to head of events. She joined the PMI in 2022 as a marketing and events executive and was subsequently promoted to events manager in 2023. Lisa Hampton, who joined PMI in 2023 as a training developer & administrator from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, has been promoted to training manager. Meanwhile, Vanessa Jackson has been promoted to head of qualifications. Jackson, who joined the PMI in 2019 as a qualification manager, has been appointed deputy responsible officer.

Zedra has appointed Tony DeBiase as group chief financial officer.

With over three decades of industry experience, DeBiase joins Zedra from The Davies Group, where he held the role of group chief financial officer for 12 years. He brings board experience to the role, with a particular focus on private equity-backed organisations, and has experience in acquisitions and integration. Commenting on his appointment, DeBiase said: “I am delighted to have joined Zedra and look forward to working with the wider leadership team to help build on the success to date. It’s a great business, and I am excited for the journey ahead.”
 

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