George Norval a senior consultant at Barnett Waddingham
Actuarial and administration consultancy Barnett Waddingham has appointed George Norval as a Senior Pension Management Consultant. He will help the firm expand its trustee executive services offering.
Barnett Waddingham has 147 qualified actuaries, appointed to over 330 DB pension schemes. The firm provides the full range of actuarial services to trustees of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, ranging from strategic to operational, across all of its nine offices, with fund sizes ranging from £1 million to over £5 billion.
As a large schemes specialist, George Norval will support Barnett Waddingham’s largest clients in finding solutions to industry challenges and aid trustee boards in reaching the highest governance standards. This includes compliance with TPR’s new Code of Practice.
Christine Kerr, Principal and Senior Pension Management Consultant at Barnett Waddingham, commented, “George’s ethos and passion for doing the right thing for trustees and members, coupled with his care and enthusiasm for the teams he leads, makes him a perfect fit for Barnett Waddingham. His knowledge and experience of large schemes brings further diversity of thought and solutions to our established and expanding large scheme Trustee Executive Services offering, which is just one of the services our Pension Management team provides.”
Also boasting experience building infrastructure, hiring and developing talent and creating various initiatives for schemes, Norval arrives with over 20 years of experience in senior pensions roles.
These include Group Pension Manager within Berendsen, and Senior Pensions Executive within financial services firm Pegasus Pensions. Over the years he has worked with a variety of trustee boards and pension schemes of various sizes including complex multi-billion schemes.
Norval said of his new challenge, “Having spent the larger part of my career at operational and group pensions manager level, there is little that has not come across my desk. My desire for variety and freethinking when considering bespoke services, as well as the ability to develop creative solutions for clients’ challenges, makes Barnett Waddingham the perfect home for me.”
“I am a pragmatic, no fuss, problem solver with a flair for empowering and developing my team to the benefit of our clients. Together we can raise the already passionate team to the next level.”