The Association of Member Nominated Trustees was established.
First full members’ meeting of the AMNT.
Co-chairs elected: Janice Turner and Barry Parr – AMNT’s first AGM, which adopts the AMNT
AMNT members assist the Pensions Regulator with their views on the Trustee Toolkit
AMNT submission to a government consultation argues for an alternative to the predominant method of pension scheme valuation based on market value accounting, as the current method is causing too much volatility
AMNT adopts the policies supporting the establishment of Collective Defined Contributions (CDC) pensions
AMNT demonstrates its early recognition of the threat of climate change by participating in the Pensions Funds and Changing Climate Initiative (Fair Pensions & Royal Society)
AMNT has grown from zero to 275 members in two years, from pension funds with collective assets of more than £200-billion
AMNT began work on stewardship and shareholders voting rights in response to the shareholder spring of 2012 and leading to the development of Red Line Voting
AMNT consults with Trustees, Government and the financial services industry on the development of the Stewardship project.
Successfully applied to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust for funding to develop the AMNTs Stewardship work which became the Red Line Voting campaign.
AMNT and UKSIF hold a joint workshop for AMNT and UKSIF members which helped develop the Red Line policies
AMNT conference approves Red Line Voting
Launch of Red Line Voting at the Guildhall of the City of London with the keynote speaker Vince Cable, former Secretary of State for Business. The AMNT’s Red Lines are the UK’s first comprehensive ESG voting policy free for trustees to download and adopt.
Pension Schemes adopt the Red Lines but meet with substantial resistance from fund managers. AMNT begins new campaign to overcome the resistance of fund managers
AMNT and UKSIP convene meeting of 12 leading UK Investment Consultants who commit to inform and educate pension scheme clients on ESG issues.
Press release: AMNT/UKSIF initiative on investment consultants
AMNT provides written response to consultation followed by giving oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee in support of the establishment of collective defined contribution pensions
AMNT makes formal complaint to the FCA about the failure of the fund management industry to allow pension scheme trustees to operate an ESG stewardship policy, particularly in pooled funds.
Report: AMNT Review into fund managers’ voting policies and practices
Treasury Select Committee writes to the FCA asking what action the FCA had taken so far in response to the AMNT’s complaint.
AMNT meets with Pensions Minister and FCA to discuss concerns on Stewardship
FCA industry workshop on aligning stewardship objectives across the institutional investment community
AMNT publishes Bringing Shareholder Voting into the 21st Century ,a major examination of barriers to effective stewardship and how to overcome them, with support from the Pensions Minister.
AMNT calls for the establishment of a government-led working group to address the archaic voting infrastructure, underinvestment in the stewardship function in fund management; transparency of voting policies and outcomes and scheme-specific voting requirements.
The Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion establishes the Taskforce on Pension Scheme Voting Implementation in response to the AMNT’s report, with AMNT representation.
AMNT updates the Red Lines
Taskforce on Pension Scheme voting implementation (which was set up in response to AMNTs report) publishes recommendations
AMNT responds to government consultation on the establishment of CDC schemes.
Legislation allowing single multi employer CDC schemes came into force.
AMNT consults membership on key training and support issues for lay trustees.
FCA establishes Vote Reporting Group to design a comprehensive and standardised vote reporting framework for asset managers.
Government issues consultation on multi-employer CDC schemes
First in-person members’ networking conference since Covid lockdowns
Closure of the Vote Reporting group consultation.
The FCA Vote Reporting Group (established in response to the Task Force recommendations) is reconvened.
Attendee panel closed
New and experienced trustees can all benefit from the free membership of the AMNT. The Association helps members expand their network, share best practice and experiences and undertake training on the many aspects of trusteeship.
The AMNT actively engages with Government, The Regulator, other industry bodies and pension providers to highlight the vital role played by MNTs as the champions of pension scheme members and to keep their interests at the forefront of any debate.
John Flynn, I am an accredited Trustee and have been a Trustee for 12 years. My home scheme is National Grid UK Pension Scheme Trustee Limited and I am new to the AMNT Committee. In addition I sit on the Employers Committee of the Scottish Housing Association Pension Scheme [SHAPS] and outside of the pensions world I sit on the Management Board of a registered social landlord and I sit in the Local Taxation Chamber within the Scottish tribunal system. Finally, I do help organise a charity which organises holidays for young people on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
Maggie has been an MNT for 13 years, first with the Pensions Trust (TPT) and currently with the Church of England Pensions Scheme, which includes an Open DB scheme as well as 2 schemes with a mixture of closed DB, Hybrid and DC sections, and an interest in future CDC.
She is now retired but worked as an accountant for the Church of England and latterly as Finance Director to a local hospice.
She joined AMNT in 2016 and has been Co-chair since 2021, actively advocating not only for Member Trustees, but for the interests of members across all the government’s consultations.
Janice Turner FRSA LTPMI (Accred) is Co-Founder of the Association of Member Nominated Trustees.
Janice has led the AMNT's campaigns, in particular a major campaign with government, regulators and the pensions industry to further the rights and ability of pension schemes to direct their own voting policy in pooled funds. She devised the UK's first free-to-use, comprehensive ESG voting policy for pension schemes called Red Line Voting. More recently on behalf of AMNT she has also tabled proposals on the future of trusteeship and is one of the first PMI-accredited lay trustees.
Robin served as a trustee of the AIB UK DB and DC pension schemes for over 20 years and was on the investment committees. He is currently on the AMNT committee and in his spare time cycles and swims
Jim Boyd was a Trustee with the Magnox Pension Scheme. He was a Member Nominated Director (MND) trustee for 12 years and after stepping down as a retired MND has been able to devote more time on Pension matters and offered his knowledge and experience to AMNT. He has been a AMNT Committee Member / Co-opted Committee Member since 2019.
Current Legislation requires trustees to have knowledge and understanding and to that end he has completed the Pension Regulator’s (TPR) Certificate of Competence and successfully completed the Pension Management Institute (PMI) examination for the Award in Pension Trusteeship.
Jim remains committed to protecting the interests of all members/ beneficiaries of any scheme and is prepared to continue to put in the necessary time, effort and training to ensure that all scheme funds remain secure and compliant.
Lewis has served as a member nominated Trustee for the TfL Pension Fund since 2010. As well as general Board duties, Lewis is the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and a sitting member of the Operations and Investment Committees.
Lewis joined the AMNT in 2020 just before the pandemic changed how we all operated, becoming a member of the AMNT Management Committee in 2025.
Lewis takes a keen interest in the evolving Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) elements of investment management, particularly in how trustees can balance sustainability considerations with meeting their fiduciary duties.
I was a MNT for the Association of Teachers and Lecturers Pension Scheme for 14 years and a member of the AMNT for several years. Also, I was Chair of Trustees of the Scheme for 9 years.
After working for the Inland Revenue Superannuation Division, I became a full time trade union official leading negotiations on pay and pensions.
My role with the AMNT involves working with existing and potential sponsors.
John is a former Member Nominated Trustee (MNT) of the Mars UK pension scheme. He retired from a long career at Mars at the end of 2006 and became an MNT of the Mars UK pension scheme the following year.
He heard about and joined the AMNT in 2010 and has served on the committee since then, and since 2016 in the role of treasurer. He has been co-opted onto the committee each year since ceasing to be an active MNT back in 2013.
John has, over many years been active in managing and increasing membership of our organisation. Being retired, he enjoys representing the AMNT at many pension industry events, often being on the AMNT stand (when we have one) to attract and recruit new members.
Trade Union Member nominated representative on London Borough Tower Hamlets Pension Board (I have been involved with the LBTH fund since 1996).
Trade Union member nominated representative on London Collective Investment Vehicle (LCIV) Stakeholder Committee.
Also, in other capacity, the Chair of Newham Council Pension Committee and member and Joint vice Chair of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).
Former Employer nominated Trustee on UNISON DB Staff Pension Scheme and Chair of its Investment sub-Committee.
Works for a Large Housing Association. Occasionally does triathlons, keen walker and social media blogger.
Peter is a Member Nominated Director of the UKAS Pensions Scheme Ltd, having been elected triennially since scheme inception in 1995. He retired from his rôles in laboratory accreditation and training development as principal trainer for UKAS in 2015, becoming a Pensioner member of the scheme. He has worked as a Church of England self-supporting Priest-in-Charge of a parish in SW London since then.
He heard an AMNT guest speaker at a pensions conference and was inspired to attend its next annual event, becoming a member in 2019. He joined the Committee in 2025.
Coming from a DB (initially Final Salary, and latterly a Career Average Revalued Earnings) scheme, his particular interest is in promoting affordable ways of giving Pension scheme members greater certainty of what they will receive in retirement, and investment approaches to assure that increases at or above inflation are as assured as possible.
Peter is a PMI Accredited Lay Trustee, and a member nominated board member of the ITB Pension Funds, having actively been a trustee on the Thomas Cook DB and DC pension schemes. Within these roles, chairing communications, risk, governance and investment subcommittees, Peter has taken an active role in pension trusteeship for over 20 years.
Members are at the heart of pension schemes, their ultimate customer. So their views, opinions, needs and perspectives should rightly be heard. Who better than trustees who themselves are members. It is this temper that motivates Peter to execute the position of trustee diligently, honestly and wholeheartedly.
Kate Upcraft is an MNTD for the Marks & Spencer Pension Scheme where she worked for 20+ years until the early 2000s, latterly as payroll legislation manager. After leaving M&S she was the head of policy for the Institute of Payroll & Pensions Management (now CIPP), then ran her own payroll and employment tax consultancy from 2005 – 2022 when she ‘retired’ and was appointed an MNTD at M&S.
She was encouraged to join the AMNT when she took up her appointment and was delighted to be asked to join the AMNT committee in 2025 as she passionately believes that MNTs are a vital addition to Trustee boards ensuring that the member perspective is at the heart of all decision making and hopes that government will also value our input in to pension policy making
Former Member Nominated Trustee for the Oracle UK Pension Plan (DC with DB underpin, DC sections) from 2013-2016 prior to its move to Sole Trustee Governance in 2016. Was on the Trustee Board Investment, and Governance and Operation Sub Committees during this time.
In 2016, he achieved the PMI Level 3 Award in Pension Trusteeship (Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Schemes).
Peter has attended AMNT meetings and conferences from 2014, and since 2023 have been a helper on the Committee as an Advocacy Group volunteer.
Peter has over 30 years work experience in the IT industry and my last role was a Payroll Consultant working with BT Group plc I am a Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) achieved via qualification (Diploma in Payroll Management) ,and have been a Trustee Group Member of the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) since 2014.
Chris joined the AMNT Committee in 2019. He is a Member Nominated Trustee of a large UK Pension Scheme, and is a Member of the Investment and Governance Sub-Committees of the Scheme.
For many years Chris has been involved as an Advisor with the Pensions Advisory Service and, latterly, with the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman.
I have been with the AMNT from its inception. I was a MNT on the Marks and Spencer pension scheme for 11 years. I now support the committee in HR matters.
