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Graeme Bell
Senior Consulting Partner
Graeme has devoted over 35 years to the field of pensions, spending the last six years with Punter Southall Aspire (now Secondsight). Before that, he worked with a leading pension provider, where he held ultimate responsibility for developing their auto-enrolment proposition. In his current role, Graeme provides ongoing consultancy support and advice to various employers, including independent schools. He covers key areas such as provider selection, scheme governance, investment strategy, employee engagement, and special projects.
Graeme is widely recognised as a subject matter expert on auto-enrolment and school pension strategies, particularly in cases where schools are contemplating Defined Contribution pensions alongside or as an alternative to Defined Benefit Teachers’ Pension Schemes. Additionally, he plays a pivotal role as a key member of our Technical Group and Provider Research Group.
Harri Mead
Associate Consulting Partner
Harri holds several qualifications, including the R02 certificate in Investment Principles & Risk. She began her financial services career over 10 years ago, starting in administration roles, and is now responsible for looking after a portfolio of clients which range from large listed companies to small charitable organisations. She is dedicated to providing a relationship-centric consulting approach, and places a key focus on understanding the needs of both employers and their scheme members to ensure that services are relevant and well-communicated.
Harri sits on Secondsight’s Provider Research Group and is passionate about analysing the different ways in which major DC workplace pension providers engage with members, particularly those with vulnerabilities. Internally, Harri chairs the Wellbeing strand of Foster Denovo’s working
culture group: the Voice.
In her spare time Harri is the Chair of Trustees for a national charity, as well as a volunteer for two other organisations. She also enjoys walking, reading and cooking.
Ian Bird
Principal Partner
With over 25 years’ experience in financial services and employee benefits, Ian understands the needs of the clients he works with.
Ian specialises in workplace savings schemes, including group pensions, corporate ISAs, share plans, group risk and financial education.
Ian passionately believes that financial education and advice in the workplace is essential to ensure employees can plan effectively for their financial futures. He believes good, plain English, and a multi-channel approach to communication should be a fundamental part of any employer’s benefits strategy. And as such, Ian founded our online financial education tool, Mybenefitsatwork.
Ian works with a range of clients, from major UK employers, global brands and charities across a number of different industry sectors.
Jane Kelly
Consulting Partner
Jane has worked in financial services since 1986 and is currently a Consulting Partner in the Employee Benefits team at Secondsight.
She is responsible for managing a portfolio of clients across various sectors, providing corporate advice on DC workplace pension strategy, including salary sacrifice, automatic enrolment legislation, governance, and member communications.
Jane collaborates with clients to deliver presentations and one-to-one guidance meetings for their employees. She is passionate about helping employees understand pensions and actively contributes to the development of our communication proposition.
Johanne Bennett
Lead Partner (Corporate Risk)
Jo has worked in the Health & Protection industry for 18 years and is a Director within our team, specialising in Group Risk benefits (Group Life Assurance, Income Protection, and Critical Illness).
Jo enjoys working with clients to focus on benefit spend and strategy and has a pragmatic approach to benefit design. Jo recognises the importance of delivering great customer service and thrives on developing long-term relationships with her clients.
John Dean
Head of Health & Protection
John Dean is an award-winning group health and risk consultant with over 30 years’ experience in the industry, having lead several leading advisory firms and international benefits organisations.
John leads the Health and Protection team at Secondsight and is deeply passionate working with clients to deliver creative and truly bespoke solutions to meet their specific needs and budgets. John continues to work closely with clients, as well as strategically leading the practice and working with insurers and wellbeing providers.
Outside of work, John is a MAMIL (Middle-Aged Man in Lycra cycling a road bike), who also enjoys walking two badly behaved dogs.
Jon Beer
Principal Partner
Jon Beer, a Principal within Secondsight, boasts a wealth of experience advising employers from diverse sectors on all aspects of their staff pension arrangements. Serving many household names, Jon’s commitment extends beyond the workplace to his family, where much of his leisure time is spent. A dedicated family man, Jon enjoys coaching his son’s football team and takes part in activities like golf, horse racing, gardening, and dining out whenever the opportunity arises.
Leon Farrar
Consulting Partner
Leon Farrar, a Consulting Partner in the Employee Benefits team at Secondsight, brings over 22 years of experience to his role. Specialising in workplace pensions and auto-enrollment schemes, Leon provides consultancy and governance services to employers across diverse sectors, including charities and not-for-profit organisations. Beyond client responsibilities, Leon actively contributes to developing Secondsight’s pension proposition and manages pension provider relations.
Lindsey Reader
Senior Pension and Financial Wellbeing Consultant
Lindsey has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry. After gaining her university degree in Business Economics, she joined the Secondsight team in 2005 and worked as a Financial Paraplanner.
After a few years, Lindsey decided it was time for a change, and is now a Senior Pension & Financial Wellbeing Consultant focusing on advising members of workplace pension schemes.
Lindsey is passionate about helping people understand how to effectively manage their plans to achieve their retirement goals.
Outside of work, she enjoys mushroom hunting (purely for photography only – as she admits to lacking the confidence to eat any!) and paddleboarding on the river near her home.
Mark Bingham
Principal Partner
With over 23 years in the industry, Mark has worked with leading innovators on ways to encourage people to save more towards their retirement and has developed strategies to aid this; to the benefit of the members and increased return on investment for employers.
Mark takes a collaborative approach, and works closely with his clients on an assortment of pension and benefit issues, providing leadership and creative solutions to meet these needs. He has specialist knowledge in the winding up of pension schemes, the need for governance and the implications of regulatory and legal requirements.
Mark is passionate about the communication of employee benefits; keeping it simple and easy for members to understand and take action and has also written a book on the subject.
He has spoken at various leading benefit and pension conferences and is often quoted in HR and benefit publications.
Mark Bowen
Principal Partner
Mark Bowen joined Punter Southall (now Secondsight) in 2015 with the acquisition of Ashcourt Rowan Corporate Solutions. With over three decades of financial consultancy experience, Mark specialises in workplace pensions, assisting employers in providing effective employee benefits. In his spare time, Mark channels his creativity as a musician and composer, showcasing a diverse range of talents beyond the financial realm.
Mark Hanson
Consulting Partner
Mark Hanson, a Consulting Partner at Secondsight, embarked on his career in the industry two decades earlier. With a foundation in admin roles and subsequent consultancy positions, Mark has become a trusted consultant for a significant number of SME clients. His focus extends beyond employee pension presentations to include scheme governance, employee communications, and proactive support in navigating legislative developments. Mark’s diverse client list appreciates his proactive approach and “calls to action” amidst the continuous changes in the pension landscape.
Matthew Mitten
Director of Secondsight
Matthew has over 20 years’ experience working in financial services.
Matthew is passionate about how we communicate in the workplace, using all the tools available to deliver multi-channel communications to engage with as wide an audience as possible.
His expertise in the employee benefits and pensions arena is extensive. Matthew is at the forefront of Secondsight’s financial wellbeing initiative, linking the broader concepts of money and mental health with financial matters and traditional pension and benefits programmes.
Matthew has been involved in new pension scheme launches, financial education programmes, wellbeing initiatives and flexible benefit design.
He regularly presents at leading HR events and sharing panels alongside pension ministers and other industry experts.
Mike Edwards
Consulting Partner
Mike is an Consulting Partner in the Employee Benefits team at Secondsight. Mike works with a number of corporate clients across a wide range of sectors and provides full consultancy services, including DC governance, member communication, default investment fund support, and group risk consultancy. Alongside corporate client responsibilities, Mike sits on the internal provider research group and the DC investment sub-committee. Mike also volunteers for The Pensions Ombudsman Early Resolution Service and holds the CII Diploma in Financial Planning, Advanced CII Pension Planning module, and is currently working towards completing the remainder of the CII Advanced Financial Planning Certificate.
Neal Shepherd
Principal Partner
Neal has over 35 years’ experience in the financial services industry and has a wealth of employee benefits experience.
Neal has worked with a number of employers to increase their return on investment on their benefits spend. Neal is passionate about helping employees understand their benefits through simple, easy to understand communication.
Neal is able to offer advice on all aspects of the employee benefits package; in particular pensions, salary sacrifice and group risk products.
