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Susan Collyer at Pi Partnership

What Do You Enjoy Most About Your Role

Being part of supporting individuals as they develop and grow professionally.

Interests Outside of Work

Most of my time outside of work is focused on my children and spending time with my wider family, I also enjoy getting lost in a good book so always keen to discover a new (or at least new to me) author.

Top Achievement To Date

Project managing (and labouring on) the renovation of our home to better suit our family’s needs, a journey from ancient woodchip and drafty windows to cosy spaces and a loft conversion taking in various planning applications hurdles along the way.

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Susan Collyer at Pi Partnership

Susan Collyer

Head of People

Susan Collyer joined Pi Partnership Group in July 2025, bringing over 20 years of strategic and operational HR experience across a range of sectors and organisational settings. She has a strong track record as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, delivering practical, business-focused people solutions that drive performance and support organisations through change.

As Head of People and a member of Pi’s Executive Management Team, Susan leads the development and implementation of people strategies that align with the firm’s business goals and reflect its values as an employee-owned organisation. Her remit covers all areas of people management, including talent development, organisational design, employee relations, and HR policy, with a focus on empowering employees and supporting long-term growth.

Before joining Pi, Susan held senior HR roles within the events and venue management, printing and marketing, and further education sectors, where she led a range of transformation and change programmes. She is a Chartered Member of the CIPD.

Susan is also deeply committed to improving pension awareness and engagement. She has previously served as a member-nominated trustee and actively supported initiatives designed to help individuals better understand and engage with their retirement planning.

Her combination of strategic insight, hands-on experience, and genuine passion for people ensures that Pi continues to foster a culture where employees, trustees, and clients can all thrive.

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

Email Us

enquiries@pipg.co.uk

Call Us

020 8879 6500

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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.