PensionsApr 20 2017

PLSA chief exits after 12 years

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PLSA chief exits after 12 years

Joanne Segars will be leaving the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association after 12 years of service and over 10 years as its chief executive.

Ms Segars will remain in post until the end of June, continuing to act as the PLSA ambassador, while Julian Mund will assume executive duties until a permanent successor is found.

Over the course of her tenure, the PLSA stated Ms Segars has helped build the reputation of the Association as an organisation with credible and persuasive policy proposals, representing the interests of members with vigour and, determination. 

Ms Segars leaves the PLSA with a membership of more than 1,300 pension schemes, 20 million savers, covering an industry with £1trn in assets and 400 businesses providing services to the industry.

Ms Segars said: “I have enjoyed my time at the PLSA enormously, but after 12 years it is time to move on. I’ve been privileged to lead fantastic colleagues and members who work tirelessly to provide millions of people with better retirement incomes.”

“My proudest achievements have included creating the Pension Quality Mark, establishing the Pensions Infrastructure Platform, increasing the Association’s income by 40% and making our conferences and events the best in the industry.

"Working with the PLSA’s members I have given the Association a new and wider focus, reflecting the realities of retirement saving today, culminating in the rebranding of the NAPF as the PLSA in 2015.”

Commenting on Ms Segars time as chief executive, Lesley Williams, chair of the PLSA, said:

“Joanne has been an outstanding chief executive of the PLSA and has made a huge difference, as she campaigned for a secure future for pensions and pensioners in the UK and the EU.  We wish her well in this new and exciting phase of her career.”