Scott is Managing Partner for Wider Areas, the Operating Board responsible for designing and delivering the business plans for five of our business areas – Employer Consulting, Insurance & Longevity Consulting, Pensions & Executive Management Services, SIPP and SSAS.
Prior to this role, Scott was Business Area Leader for Insurance & Longevity Consulting for almost ten years. He is a qualified actuary with insurance industry, consulting and banking experience, and has spent the vast majority of his career advising or working for a range of leading UK life insurers.
His specialist area is investment strategy and risk management for insurance companies, typically in respect of bulk purchase annuity and with-profits funds. Scott has carried out the roles of Actuarial Function Holder, With-Profits Actuary and Reviewing Actuary for a range of insurers and was a Non-Executive Director of a Friendly Society for six years.
Scott is passionate about our impact on climate change and how we can practically drive improvements in our actions. Between 2020 and 2024, he was our Lead Sustainability Partner, chairing BW's Sustainability Steering Group. He also chaired the IFoA’s Life Insurance Climate Change Working Group for two years.
Significant experience:
- Setting investment strategy for insurance companies to create competitive advantages within risk and capital constraints
- Establishing Solvency II Prudent Person Principle compliant governance frameworks
- Running manager selection exercises and negotiating IMAs
- Establishing processes to connect fund management, pricing and reporting
