Professional Trusteeship

Working together with employers, trustees and advisers to help pension schemes achieve their objectives. Providing independent trustee services for over 20 years to both  Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution schemes. We understand what is needed to help deal with even the most complex situations in a practical and cost effective manner.

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Professional Pension Trustees

Managing a pension scheme can be complex and time consuming for senior management. As a professional trustee, we decode the complexities of the pension language to help drive good decision making and make your life simpler whatever your scheme’s objectives. As professional trustee we:

  • Bring a strategic focus to the delivery of agreed objectives.
  • Make the best use of your budget by adding our practical experience to problem solving.
  • Support our fellow trustees in reaching well informed decisions and supporting scheme members.

We believe a strong, supportive employer is the best outcome for members, so we see a core part of our role is to build strong relationships with the Company, as well as our co- trustees and scheme advisers.  We work with you to agree and deliver an effective business plan that brings together both long and short-term objectives. 

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Not every pension scheme requires the expertise of a professional pension trustee on an ongoing basis. A short-term appointment can be the right choice when there are specific areas of conflict or specialist knowledge required. You can access our expertise on an interim basis to support your trustee board through a variety of complex situations – such as sponsor negotiations, company restructure, valuations or detailed Regulator discussions. An interim appointment can be a smart, cost-effective way to deal with difficult pensions situations effectively.  

Whatever type of trustee appointment you choose, you can be assured of the quality of our service.  Our internal governance processes are audited annually and we have partnered with Knowa, the award winning platform to help set the foundation of our quality assurance framework.

We ensure that our professional trustees work with a limited number of appointments so that they can give the required time and focus to each scheme’s needs. Whether appointed as Chair, co-trustee or as Sole Trustee,  we assign a second experienced trustee to provide peer review and keyman cover. This means that you can rely on always having access to an experienced  trustee familiar with your pension scheme. 

Our Professional Trusteeship Services

Diversity

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Everyone has different needs, and we support this balance offering true flexibility in how our people manage their time and fully support part time working and a family friendly approach.

Communication

Communication

We believe in clear and transparent communication and create regular opportunities for internal communication. Our regular business updates and opportunities to input into the business ensures everyone feels part of the team and on the same page at Pi, ensuring our hybrid working model is effective regardless of where you are based.

Development

Development

Nurturing every Pi Person is important to us and we want to ensure everyone has the opportunity for continued professional development by providing the space to do this alongside client commitments. Everyone has an individual Personal Development Plan catered to them, whether they are on the start of their journey with Pi or those looking at ways to transition into the next stage of their careers.

Everyone has the opportunity for a regular development and progression review and everyone has ownership over their own development with input and guidance of senior member of the team where required.

We provide regular opportunities to share knowledge amongst our teams through Lunch Time Learn in sessions and actively encourage involvement and participation into this.

Culture

Culture

We are an open, friendly and supportive team who thrive in a flexible and autonomous environment. Our people are trusted to get on with things, adding value and individual contribution, whilst maintaining a good work life balance and ideally having fun along the way.

We want to ensure we cultivate our special culture and our focus is to maintain our exceptional engagement levels. We are proud to have been awarded the Sunday Times Best Place to Work for small businesses in 2023 and 2024, and also in 2025 after moving to the medium-sized business category.

Employee Owned

Employee Owned

Our employee ownership structure is central to our philosophy of making sure every Pi Person is part of our success story, contributing to how we run the business, and sharing in the profits. We know that being successful is not just down to numbers, it’s about our people who all contribute in their unique way to our success and creating a working environment where everyone has a voice.

Visit Us

2nd Floor Tuition House, 27-37 St. George’s Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 4EU

Email Us

enquiries@pipg.co.uk

our team

Amanda Burden

Director and Governance Specialist

Amanda is a Board Director of Pi Partnership Group and leads the development of Pi’s services. She works closely with clients, the Pi team and professional advisers to ensure all of Pi’s services meet the changing needs of the pension market and deliver clear value to Pi’s clients.

Amanda has over twenty-five years’ experience in the pensions industry and, as well as ensuring Pi’s services continue to meet the needs of our clients in a rapidly changing pension landscape, is also a member of Pi’s Executive Management Team. She provides specialist project management for clients on a range of services, including adviser selection and review, trustee board assessment and governance design.

As well as being a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) and Chair of the PMI London Group, Amanda holds PMI certificates in Pensions Automatic Enrolment and DC Governance, was a past Prince2 practitioner and is a Certified Risk Management Practitioner.

What do you most enjoy about your role:  Successfully delivering complex projects and creating a happy team environment.

Interests outside work: Travel, theatre and as part of Abundance London helping create beautiful spaces in urban settings.

Top achievement to date: Competing in the 2005/06 Round the World Clipper race.