The membership of the Board is designed to include a broad spectrum of scheme stakeholders. Members have been appointed either by appropriate representative bodies or by nomination and election. Please contact the Board member most appropriate to your interests in order to ask questions about the work of the Board or to put forward items for consideration.

Terms of reference of the Board (pdf, 8 pages, 123kb)

Information on attendance can be found towards the bottom of the page.

Cllr Roger Phillips
Before his appointment as chair Cllr Phillips was vice chair of the Board and also chaired the LGA’s UK wide Local Government Pension Committee. He is a member and former leader (2003-2011) of Herefordshire Council and has been a lead LGA member on workforce and pay negotiations since 2007. He also chaired the LGPS2014 Project Board which brought together employer, employee and government representatives in order to reform the scheme. Cllr Phillips was appointed a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2006.

Cllr Phillips

Jon Richards (UNISON)
Jon Richards is UNISON’s Assistant General Secretary, having formerly been their National Secretary for Local Government, Education, Police and Justice. UNISON is the UK’s main public services union with over 1.25 million members, over half a million of whom are in the LGPS. Jon was involved in setting up the LGPS Board and is now Vice-Chair. 

Jon has responsibility for UNISON’s staff pension scheme. Jon sits on the TUC’s Public Sector Liaison Group, their Education Unions Forum and their Alliance for Science as well as the Department for Education’s Permanent Secretary’s Stakeholder Group. He represents the European Public Services Union on the EU’s Education and the Local Government Social Dialogues. He represents UNISON and Europe at the global union federation Public Service International’s Education Support Workers Network and their Local Government Network. Former employers include the British Association of Occupational Therapists, the London Borough of Camden's HIV Unit and SCPR (now the National Centre for Social Research). Jon was born and bred in Lichfield, Staffordshire and attended King Edward VI Comprehensive School before moving to London to read geology at King’s College.

Jon Richards

Cllr Andrew Thornton
Cllr Andrew Thornton is chair of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF), vice chair of the Northern LGPS pool and member of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) executive. A councillor in City of Bradford MDC since 2004, he has previously served as Bradford’s cabinet member for Environment & Sport, chaired its Corporate Scrutiny committee and is currently vice-chair of its Governance & Audit Committee. Cllr Thornton became chair of WYPF in 2015 and represents the Metropolitan Council Pension Authorities on the SAB.
Cllr Andrew Thornton
Cllr Nathan Yeowell

Nathan Yeowell has been Chair of the Torfaen Pensions Committee and Chair of the Greater Gwent Pension Fund since May 2022. He became the new chair of the LGA’s Local Government Pensions Committee (LGPC) in September 2023.

Nathan is also the executive director of the Future Governance Forum (FGF), a new think tank dedicated to the renewal of progressive governance, policy making, implementation and delivery. He is a former Head of Policy and external Affairs at the social sector think tank New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) and was Head of the Labour Group Office at the LGA 2007-12.

Cllr Nathan Yeowell
Cllr John Beesley
Cllr John Beesley is the Board representative for the County Pension Funds.
He was Leader of Bournemouth Council until 2019 at which time local government reorganisation formed the new BCP Council. For 12 years he was also responsible for Bournemouth Council’s Resources Portfolio and Council budget, as well as the first budget for the new BCP Council.
He was Chairman of the Dorset County Pension Fund for 5 years, and has served on the Pension Fund Committee for a total of 14 years. He was Chairman of the Brunel Oversight Board which set up the Brunel Pension Pool and represents the Dorset County LGPS Fund on Brunel.
In the private sector, he has been a Bournemouth hotelier for over 30 years and heads a hospitality consultancy specialising in hotel development and management.
Cllr John Beesley
Emelda Nicholroy (UCEA)
Emelda Nicholroy sits on the Board representing education employers. Emelda is Head of Pensions Policy of the University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and provides advice to institutions on scheme related matters as well as a wide range of general pensions issues such as pensions taxation and auto enrolment. She also represents Higher Education employers on the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Advisory Board and has recently joined the NEST Employers’ Panel. Emelda's background has been in providing technical pensions expertise to employers and trustees of large DB, DC and hybrid pensions arrangements.
Emelda Nicholroy
Cllr John Fuller (The Lord Fuller OBE)

John was born in Great Yarmouth was appointed an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2019 for Public & Political Service.  He was made a Peer in February 2024 and sits in the House of Lords.

He gained a first-class degree in Agriculture [1990] and later in 1995 a Nuffield Scholarship to study advanced farming techniques in the United States.  He occupies senior positions in the fertiliser industry and has other business interests, which include Directorships in diverse residential & commercial property, chemicals and farming enterprises.

He was first elected to South Norfolk Council in 2003 and led local Conservatives to take control of The Council in 2007 and prides himself on bringing a commercial edge to the business of running a Council. He was the Leader for 17 years until May 2024, when he stepped down to focus on his work in Parliament.  

At the Local Government Association, he is Vice Chairman of the Economy & Resources Committee, which is responsible for Local Government Finance, Pensions and Economic Growth.  He is a past Chairman of the District Councils’ Network and has served as the Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party in Local Government.  He sat on the CIL Review and holds other national appointments.

Cllr Fuller
Cllr Chris Weaver
Councillor Chris Weaver is the Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation, and Performance at Cardiff Council and has been since 2017. He was first elected as a Councillor in 2012 to represent the Cathays ward in the city, and re-elected in 2017 and 2022. In addition to cabinet portfolio responsibilities for Finance, HR, Procurement, and Health & Safety, Chris has been Chair of the Cardiff and Vale Pensions Committee since 2017. He is Cardiff’s representative on the Wales Pension Partnership (WPP), and for the year 2022-23 is Chair of the WPP’s Joint Governance Committee. He represents the Council on the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) General Assembly, and has recently joined the board of Data Cymru as a WLGA nominee.
Cllr Chris Weaver

Chris Tansley (UNISON)
A Childrens Social Work Team manager Chris has been a trade union activist for Nalgo and then Unison for 38 years and a National Executive member for 20 years culminating in being President for 2012 - 2013. Chris has been a member of Unison’s National Local Government Executive for about 15 years and was chair for 6 years of that time.As well as currently chairing the East Midlands Regional Joint Council Chris is also the Chair of Unison’s National Social Care forum, the Deputy convenor for Unison in the East Midlands Region, a Trustee for Unison and a member of the TUC General Council and the TUC’s International Aid Board. Chris has been a school governor for the past 20 years for a multi ethnic primary and nursery school in inner city Nottingham.
Chris Tansley
George Georgiou (GMB)
George has worked in the Trade Union Movement for over 30 years. Commencing in the RMT (then NUR) as an Industrial Relations Officer before moving to the Royal College of Midwives in 2003 as an Employment Relations Adviser where he gained a specialist knowledge of Pay and Pensions in the NHS and assisted in the transfer to the 2008 and 2015 schemes. He then spent 5 years at the BMA and HCSA utilising his knowledge and gaining a greater understanding of practitioner schemes. In late 2016 he joined the GMB as a National Pensions Organiser and now specialises in Public Sector Pensions including the NHS, Civil Service and Local Government Pension Schemes.
George Georgiou
Garry Warwick (GMB)
The lay member for the GMB Garry is also a union representative on the South Yorkshire Pensions Authority. 
Garry Warrick
John Neal (Unite)
John Neal is Unites Pensions Officer and provides advice to officers and members of the union on collective issues relating to pensions arising in the workplace. John is a Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) member for the Local Government Pension Scheme and NHS Pensions Scheme and a Joint Superannuation Committee member for the Civil Service Pension Scheme. John is an Alternate Trustee Director on the Plumbing Pensions Scheme and a Trustee on the Bluesky Pension scheme. John is a member of the Trade Unions Share Owners group (TUSO).
John Neal
Tommy Bowler
Tommy has been employed by South Pembrokeshire District Council and then Pembrokeshire County Council after unification for thirty years. Since 2009 he has been the Electrical and Street Lighting Supervisor for the County. In his union role he is Branch Secretary for his Authority, he also chairs the Welsh Local Authorities Committee and the West Wales Area Activists Meeting. He represents West Wales Area Activists Committee on the Welsh Regional Committee. He also represents the Welsh Local Authorities on the National Local Authorities Committee, a role he has undertaken for over twenty years. He is also the Joint Trade Union Representative on the Dyfed Pension Board.
Tommy Bowler 

The Board has appointed the following three non voting members.

Nick Kirby
Nick is the TUC observer on the Scheme Advisory Board. He has been Lead Officer – Pensions at the National Education Union since September 2018, and was Principal Officer – Pensions at the National Union of Teachers from 2007-2018. Nick sits on the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Advisory Board and is also a Trustee of the National Union of Teachers staff pension scheme. Previously Nick was Senior and then Principal Researcher at Which? for six years, specialising in articles on pensions and investments.
Nick Kirby
George Graham
George joined the South Yorkshire Pensions Authority as Director in February 2018 and as Head of Paid Service is responsible for the management of all aspects of the Authority’s activity which is concerned with the management of a £10.5bn Pension Fund with over 170,000 members. Previously he was Managing Director of Local Pensions Partnership’s pension administration business, having led the Lancashire County Pension Fund prior to the transfer of its staff to LPP as part of the creation of a joint venture with the London Pension Fund Authority.
A fellow of CIPFA George’s previous career in local government finance involved roles as Deputy County Treasurer at Lancashire County Council, Executive Director of Resources at Rossendale BC and Director of Finance at Chorley BC preceded by roles at Northamptonshire CC and Oxfordshire CC where he did his CIPFA training. George is also a member of the Responsible Investment Advisory Group.
George Graham
Kelvin Menon
Kelvin is the ALATS observer on the Scheme Advisory Board. ALATS brings together all the County, District and Unitary Local Authorities as well as Police and Fire Treasurer’s Societies under one umbrella. Kelvin is currently Section 151 Officer of the Officer of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey and in that capacity is Co-chair of the Surrey and Sussex Police Officers’ Pension Board and Chair of the Surrey Police Staff Pension Board. He is also Vice-chairman of the Police and Crime Commissioners’ Treasurer’s Society (PACCTS) which brings together Section 151 officers from Forces across the country. He has had many years’ of pension experience as a Section 151 officer in Local Government and is currently the employer representative on the Pension Fund Committee for the Surrey Pension Fund.
Kelvin Menon

Matt Gurden
Matt is the Deputy Government Actuary. He supports the Government Actuary lead the department and supports clients across the public sector on pensions, investment and financial risk issues. Prior to joining GAD in 2011 Matt was an actuary at several private sector actuarial consultancies providing pension and strategic investment advice to private sector clients. He is a former member of the UK Actuarial Profession’s (IFoA) risk management board, and chairs the joint IFoA and Institution of Civil Engineers risk group.
Matt Gurden
Joe Dabrowski
Joe joined the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) in February 2016. Joe leads the Governance and Investment team with responsibility for policy areas including defined benefit provision, pension scheme governance and institutional investment issues.
Before joining the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, Joe spent nine years at the Pension Protection Fund, where his last role was Head of Chief Executive’s Office. Earlier in his career he worked in policy and operational roles within central Government, including the Home Office and Defra. Joe has a BA in English and American Literature from Warwick University.
Joe Dabrowski

 

 

Gary Delderfield
"A leading authority on local government pensions." - Legal 500. Gary is a nationally recognised expert in the area of public sector pension law advising clients on issues across the local government, central government, education, health and voluntary sectors. Gary is client partner to a number of large LGPS administering authorities and has vast experience advising across a wide range of LGPS issues. He also advises on other public sector pension schemes and understands the political context in which the schemes operate. Gary is currently involved in advising on a number of LGPS pooling projects. Gary is a regular speaker on LGPS issues and a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers’ Public Sector Committee.
Gary Delderfield

Name 22 May 2023 17 July 2023 4 December 2023 11 March 2024
Cllr Roger Phillips (Chair) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Yvonne Johnson Yes Yes Yes - (stepped down as Scheme Employer Representative, attended meeting as Investment Committee Chair)
Cllr Peter Mason - - - Yes
Cllr John Fuller Apologies Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Andrew Thornton No Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Christopher Weaver Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr John Beesley Yes Yes Yes Yes
Emelda Nicholroy Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jon Richards Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chris Tansley Apologies Yes Apologies Apologies
John Neal Yes Yes Yes Yes
George Georgiou Yes Yes Yes Yes
Garry Warwick Apologies Yes Yes Yes
Bridie McCreesh Yes Yes - -
Tommy Bowler - - Yes Yes

Name 6 June 2022 10 October 2022 5 December 2022 20 February 2023
Cllr Roger Phillips (Chair) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Yvonne Johnson Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr John Fuller Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Andrew Thornton Yes Apologies Apologies Yes
Cllr Christopher Weaver - Yes Apologies Yes
Cllr John Beesley Yes Yes Yes Yes
Emelda Nicholroy Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jon Richards Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chris Tansley Apologies Yes Apologies Yes
John Neal Yes Yes Yes Yes
George Georgiou Yes Apologies Apologies Yes
Garry Warwick Apologies Yes Apologies Yes
Bridie McCreesh Yes Apologies Apologies Yes

Name 10 May 2021 1 July 2021 27 September 2021 13 December 2021 7 March 2022
Cllr Roger Phillips (Chair) Yes Yes Yes Yes Apologies
Cllr Yvonne Johnson Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr John Fuller Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Andrew Thornton Apologies Yes Yes Yes Apologies
Cllr John Beesley Yes Apologies Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Clive Lloyd Yes Yes Apologies Yes Apologies
Emelda Nicholroy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jon Richards Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chris Tansley Yes Yes Apologies Apologies Apologies
John Neal Yes Yes Yes Apologies Yes
George Georgiou Yes Apologies Apologies Yes Apologies
Garry Warwick Yes Apologies Yes Yes Yes
Bridie McCreesh Yes Yes Yes Apologies Yes

Name 5 May 2020 25 August 2020 2 November 2020 8 February 2021
Cllr Roger Phillips (Chair) Yes Yes Apologies Yes
Cllr Yvonne Johnson Yes Yes Yes Apologies
Cllr John Fuller Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Andrew Thornton - Yes Yes Yes
Cllr John Beesley Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Ian Brookfield - - - Yes
Cllr Clive Lloyd Yes Yes Yes Yes
Emelda Nicholroy Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jon Richards Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chris Tansley Yes Yes Yes Yes
John Neal Yes Yes Yes Yes
George Georgiou Yes Yes Yes Yes
Garry Warwick Apologies Yes Yes Yes
Dick Banks Apologies Yes Yes Apologies

 

Name 8 April 2019 8 July 2019 6 November 2019 3 February 2020
Cllr Roger Phillips (Chair) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Yvonne Johnson - Yes Yes Yes
Cllr John Fuller Yes Apologies Yes Apologies
Cllr Denise Le Gal Yes Yes * -
Cllr John Beesley - - Yes Yes
Cllr Ian Brookfield Yes Apologies Apologies Apologies
Cllr Clive Lloyd Yes Yes Apologies Yes
Emelda Nicholroy Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jon Richards Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chris Tansley Apologies Apologies Yes Yes
John Neal - - Yes Yes
George Georgiou Yes Yes Yes Yes
Garry Warwick Apologies Yes Yes Yes
Dick Banks Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Name 27 June 2018 10 October 2018 16 January 2019
Cllr Roger Phillips (Chair) Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Yvonne Johnson - Yes Yes
Cllr John Fuller Apologies Yes Yes
Cllr Denise Le Gal Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Clive Lloyd Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Ian Brookfield - Yes -
Emelda Nicholroy Yes Yes Apologies
Jon Richards Yes Yes Yes
Chris Tansley Apologies Apologies Apologies
Jim Kennedy - Apologies -
George Georgiou Yes Yes Yes
Garry Warwick Yes Yes Yes
Dick Banks Yes Yes Yes

 

Name 26 June 2017 16 November 2017 26 February 2018
Cllr Roger Phillips (Chair) Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Kieran Quinn Yes Yes -
Cllr John Fuller Apologies Yes Yes
Cllr Denise Le Gal Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Michael Adam Yes Yes Yes
Emelda Nicholroy(/Helen Fairfoul) Yes Apologies Yes
Jon Richards Yes Yes Yes
Chris Tansley Yes Yes Yes
Rehana Azam Apologies * -
Jim Kennedy n/a Apologies Apologies
George Georgiou n/a Yes Yes
Garry Warwick Yes Yes Yes
Fiona Farmer Yes ** -
Dick Banks Yes Apologies Yes

 

Name 16 May 2016 1 Aug 2016 6 Dec 2016 6 Mar 2017
Cllr Roger Phillips (Chair) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Kieran Quinn Yes Yes Apologies Yes
Cllr John Fuller n/a Apologies Yes Yes
Cllr Mary Barnett Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Denise Le Gal Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Clive Lloyd n/a Apologies Apologies
Cllr Michael Adam Yes Apologies Apologies Yes
Emelda Nicholroy Yes Apologies Yes Yes
Jon Richards Yes Apologies Yes Yes
Chris Tansley Yes Yes Apologies Apologies
Brian Strutton Yes * * *
Rehana Azam n/a Apologies Apologies Yes
Garry Warwick Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fiona Farmer Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dick Banks Yes Yes Apologies Yes

 

Name 1 June 2015 13 July 2015 21 Sep 2015 25 Jan 2016
Joanne Segars (Chair) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Roger Phillips Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Kieran Quinn Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cllr Ian Bond Apologies Apologies * *
Cllr Mary Barnett Yes Yes Apologies Yes
Cllr Denise Le Gal Yes Yes Yes Apologies
Cllr Michael Adam n/a n/a Yes Yes
Emelda Nicholroy Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jon Richards Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chris Tansley Apologies Apologies - Yes
Brian Strutton Yes Yes Yes Yes
Garry Warwick Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fiona Farmer Yes Yes Apologies Yes
Dick Banks Yes Yes Apologies Yes