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
Senior Consulting Partner
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Johanne Bennett
Senior Consulting Partner
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.
Jon Beer
Principal Partner
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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
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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.
Mark Bingham
Principal Partner
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Nick Perry
Consulting Partner
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Nick Perry
Consulting Partner
Nick has over 15 years’ experience in the financial services industry, specifically working within Employee Benefits the past few years.
Nick joined the Secondsight team in 2020 as an Employee Benefits Adviser, working with our clients and their employees presenting action inducing content and working with individuals on a one-to-one basis to help them understand all areas of finance.
Nick has recently stepped into the role of Employee Benefits Partner and is working with our corporate and charity clients. Nick is extremely client focussed and passionate about getting to know his clients and understand their needs and objectives in order to support them in offering the best in employee benefits design, implementation and communication.
Outside of work, Nick can most likely be found on the golf course!
Nickie Parris
Senior Consulting Partner
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Nickie Parris
Senior Consulting Partner
Nickie has more than 25 years’ experience working in the Financial Services industry, specialising specifically in healthcare and has worked for a number of large insurers.
Nickie joined Secondsight 14 years ago, as Group Risk & Healthcare Coordinator, and was promoted to Account Executive in 2013. In 2018, Nickie completed her CII IFI exam, and promoted, taking her to the position of, Group Risk and Healthcare Adviser. Through Nickie’s tremendous achievements, she was again promoted, and now holds a position as Senior Group Risk and Healthcare Adviser.
Nickie is extremely client focussed and is passionate about getting to know her clients personally, helping her to provide her clients with the best possible client experience.
Nickie is a keen baker and could certainly rival those who have appeared on The Great British Bake Off!
Niki Bambridge
Consulting Partner
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Niki Bambridge
Consulting Partner
Niki possesses over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, encompassing individual protection, pensions, workplace pensions, and employee benefits. Specialising in Group Risk and Healthcare, she has successfully completed her CII exams, securing the Cert CII qualification. Niki takes immense pleasure in her work within the industry, engaging with clients, and comprehending their company needs.
During her leisure hours, she finds joy in quality time with her family, indulging in the art of baking, and enjoying walks with her Hungarian Vizsla companion, Margo!
Rebecca Eastwood
Consulting Partner
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Rebecca Eastwood
Consulting Partner
Rebecca has more than 35 years’ experience in financial services, working for a number of large insurance and financial advisory firms in and around London.
Rebecca joined Secondsight in 2005, as a Practice Manager, before exclusively moving in to Group Risk and Healthcare in 2009, specialising in PMI.
Rebecca is extremely client focused and advises her clients on all aspects of Group Healthcare, Travel, Dental and Cashplan schemes.
Rebecca also supports our Parent Company, Foster Denovo’s Partners with individual private medical insurance plans.
Rebecca holds the Chartered Institute of Insurers and the Personal Finance Society Certificate and is currently working towards her Level 4 Diploma and Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Insurance.
Additionally, Rebecca is the current President of the Insurance Institute of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Richard Evans
Senior Consulting Partner
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Richard Evans
Senior Consulting Partner
Before joining Punter Southall (now Secondsight), Richard used to work with a multi-national employee benefit consultancy, where he spent 5 years as a Senior Consultant. Richard also spent 9 years as a Client Relationship Manager for a leading Pension provider looking after key accounts.
Richard holds the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Diploma in Financial Planning and Diploma Membership of the Pensions Management Institute. In addition, he has a wealth of experience gained over more than 22 years in the financial service industry. Richard’s principal areas of expertise relate to DC pension provision, including advice to employers and trustees on investment strategy, the selection of providers, governance, and financial education for employees.