Alex Pocock FIA

Alex is Managing Partner with responsibility for our pension schemes and investment services.

Having joined Barnett Waddingham in 2004, Alex is dedicated to ensuring all our client-facing people, systems and services operate with integrity and to the highest standards. Through his leadership, these principles guide the business and keep our services aligned with our long-term strategic aims.

Working with business area leaders and Management Board, Alex applies his in-depth understanding of the pensions market to identify existing challenges and opportunities, providing our clients with a unique and independent offering. To support this, Alex chairs a number of boards within the business.

Clients

Alex’s appointments have included working on some of the largest pension schemes in the UK, including several well-known, large master trusts and a number of standalone schemes. His DC experience incorporates scheme sizes from £1 million up to £20 billion+ and with membership into the millions of members. In addition, Alex has had a number of appointments to DB schemes, ranging in size of up to £1 billion. This range of experience enabled him to tailor solutions to schemes with varying governance needs and to share best practice across both DB and DC clients.

Significant experience:

• Managing, monitoring, and reviewing business operations
• Maintaining long-lasting client relationships and driving the creation and delivery of new services
• Developing and implementing goals, procedures and policies in line with organisational values
• Chairing the board of BW SIPP LLP
• Advising scheme managers/trustees on DC scheme design taking account of individual scheme circumstances/constraints
• Advising DC master trusts on strategy, scheme design and governance
• Investment strategy work including the design and implementation of de-risking frameworks
• Design and implementation of LDI strategies, including trigger-based implementation approaches, for large and small clients