Lynn Pointon

With over 30 years of experience in the pensions industry, Lynn is a respected and well-known figure. She is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and began her career as a Scheme Actuary. In that role, she supported trustee boards through complex and high-stake events including funding negotiations, scheme mergers, corporate transactions, and insolvency situations.

Since 2010, Lynn has focused on her role as a professional trustee, steadily building an extensive portfolio of Chair, Co-Trustee, and Sole Trustee appointments. She is an Accredited Trustee through the Association of Professional Pension Trustees, underscoring her commitment to high standards of governance and trustee professionalism.

Lynn’s pragmatic and proportionate approach has earned her the trust and respect of fellow trustees, advisers, and employers alike. Employers particularly value her proactive and transparent style, which fosters collaboration and helps all parties agree on and deliver shared objectives. Throughout her trustee career, Lynn has overseen numerous successful scheme mergers, adviser reviews, corporate restructures, liability management exercises, risk transfer projects, data cleansing initiatives, and benefit rectification programmes. Her expertise spans DB, DC, and hybrid schemes of varying sizes, making her a versatile and effective leader in pension scheme governance.