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Simon Davies

What Do You Enjoy Most About Your Role

The people and helping clients manage complex issues.

Interests Outside of Work

Globetrotting.

Top Achievement To Date

I’ve visited 6 out of the 7 continents so watch this space.

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Simon Davies

Simon Davies

Secretariat Lead

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Simon is an experienced pension scheme secretary with over 20 years of experience in the pensions industry. As Secretariat Lead within Pi’s Trustee Executive Services team, he oversees the delivery of internal secretariat functions and governance processes across a broad and diverse client portfolio.

Combining in-depth technical expertise in pensions administration with strong project management skills, Simon adopts a pragmatic and firsthand approach to governance. He provides expert secretariat support to both DB and DC schemes, including complex multi-employer arrangements, ensuring trustee boards receive clear, concise, and reliable advice.

Simon plays an instrumental role in managing a variety of complex operational and strategic projects. His recent achievements include overseeing a successful buy-in transaction, completing GMP rectification and equalisation exercises, and leading de-risking initiatives that pave the way toward scheme buy-outs. Additionally, he has supported trustees in embedding the principles of the General Code of Practice into governance and risk frameworks, ensuring schemes remain compliant and forward-thinking.

Experienced in collaborating with multinational sponsors, Simon understands the unique challenges posed by cross-border pension arrangements. He skilfully navigates differing time zones and regulatory landscapes, providing seamless governance support to UK trustee boards operating within global environments.

A natural leader, Simon is recognised for his methodical approach, attention to detail, and excellent people skills. His proactive and organised style ensures trustees benefit from timely, expert guidance delivered within a robust governance framework.

As a member of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees, Simon upholds the highest professional standards. He consistently anticipates trustee needs and tailors his secretariat services to meet the demands of both traditional trustee boards and sole trustee arrangements, delivering clear, compliant, and effective governance solutions.

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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.

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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.