Simone

What Do You Enjoy Most About Your Role

Working with the Pi team on building our strategy and progressing things forward.  

Interests Outside of Work

The good things of life, good food and wine, beautiful things. Also travelling, reading, swimming & pilates.

Top Achievement To Date

Being the Investor Lead of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, organised by the US State Department and Dutch government in 2019 in the Hague.  We had to ‘build the airplane whilst flying’.

Simone

Simone Lavelle

Chief Executive Officer

Simone is an experienced pensions professional whose career spans both the pensions sector and the wider financial markets. Her deep understanding of the governance challenges faced by major pension schemes has been shaped by years of hands-on experience across the industry. With a background that combines strategic leadership and risk management, Simone brings a unique perspective to her role as Chief Executive Officer of Pi Partnership.

Throughout her career, Simone has worked extensively with trustee boards and corporate sponsors, developing a keen insight into the complexities of pension scheme management. She has a strong track record of delivering practical and forward-looking solutions. Notably, she played a pivotal role in introducing Cardano to the UK investment market, helping to reshape how institutional investors approach risk and governance.

As a professional trustee, Simone combines technical expertise with a strategic mindset. She works closely with all stakeholders to ensure that schemes are well positioned to meet regulatory expectations while staying aligned with member outcomes and sponsor objectives. Her ability to navigate complex environments and provide clear direction has earned the respect of clients, advisers and colleagues across the industry.

At Pi, Simone leads the business with a focus on innovation, growth and delivering value for clients. Her leadership is instrumental in developing strategic direction and enhancing the services Pi offers to meet the evolving needs of the pensions landscape. With her blend of industry knowledge, governance expertise and commercial awareness, Simone ensures that Pi remains at the forefront of professional trusteeship.

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.