Overview
Amanda is a partner, a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, and has over 20 years’ experience of advising both trustees and sponsors on a range of DB and DC pension matters.
As Scheme Actuary, Amanda advises DB clients on a joined-up approach to contribution, benefit and investment strategies. She helps to identify long-term funding objectives, develop journey plans, and allow scheme risks to be quantified, monitored and managed effectively. She has guided trustees through funding negotiations, risk transfer transactions, and the various stages required in preparing for scheme buy-out and wind-up. Amanda also has experience of working with the PPF as one of their actuarial panellists and in particular was Scheme Actuary to the Debenhams Retirement Scheme during their ground breaking transaction as the first PPF+ scheme to secure full benefits with a commercial consolidator, Clara Pensions.
In addition to her client commitments, Amanda is on the Council and Executive Board of Abelica Global and is the Commercial Lead for Hymans’ Data Journey proposition. Amanda also has a keen interest and involvement in career development and is People Leader for the Glasgow practice.