Chair Profile: Jerry Gandhi

Jerry is an independent pensions professional with extensive experience as a pensions manager, having held senior roles in a range of diverse organisations and is also now a professional independent trustee. He has worked within small and large pension operations covering projects, hands-on management and delivering to both trustees and company. He is a leader in the field of trustee governance and operational excellence for both DB and DC schemes. He fully appreciates, and has extensive experience in, managing the conflicts between company/commercial economic impact vs trustees member/fiduciary responsibilities. Jerry has significant expertise in understanding employer covenant and affordability, as well as the need to agree appropriate long-term investment and funding strategy that works for both the trustees and scheme sponsors. Jerry is well known in the pensions market, works energetically to build strong relationships quickly and works collaboratively with all stakeholders and advisers. He is known for effective decision-making, being innovative and having a strong focus in driving the agenda to ensure the company and pension trustees work to achieving a win-win solution to protect and deliver benefits promised.