The National Association of Pension Funds has announced Towers Watson’s Robert Brown will chair the NAPF’s Defined Benefit Council, while Lesley Williams of Whitbread will chair the Defined Contribution Council.

Brown is a senior investment consultant and chairs Towers Watson Global Investment Committee. Williams is group pensions director at Whitbread, and is responsible for corporate pensions strategy and for the operation of the pension fund and its investments.

NAPF chair Mark Hyde Harrison congratulated the pair on their appointments.

“It is gratifying that the defined contribution and defined benefit councils are in the capable hands of two such experienced individuals and I am confident they will both expertly lead the new councils in facing the challenges of the pensions industry over the next two years.”

Brown and Williams take up their new positions at the NAPF annual general meeting in October.

Announcing the appointments, the association said restructuring the councils meant they would better reflect the pensions industry and create a clearer focus on DC pensions in the NAPF’s policy work.

Today’s announcement follows news that the association has appointed Tesco group pensions and insurance risk director Ruston Smith as its next chair. Smith will take up the role in October.

NAPF chief executive Joanne Segars was this week named as chair of the new Shadow Local Government Pension Scheme Advisory Board, adding to her responsibilities as chair of PensionsEurope and founding governor and council member of the Pensions Policy Institute.

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