Projects have also been carried out for non-trade unions clients, including the Equal Opportunities Commission, the National Audit Commission and in Central Europe for the PHARE programme.
From 1985 to 1989 he was a Research Actuary, then a Partner, at Bacon & Woodrow, Consulting Actuaries.
From 1980 to 1985 he was an elected member of the Greater London Council, representing the Vauxhall Constituency on behalf of the Labour Party. From 1981 to 1983 he was the Leader of the Inner London Education Authority.
From 1974 to 1981 he was Pensions Officer at the Trades Union Congress, advising on occupational and State pensions and responsible for the development and implementation of Congress policy.
He has been a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries since 1974.
His pensions experience includes:
| 1976-81 | Member of the Occupational Pensions Board (OPB) |
| 1980- | Chair, Independent Pensions Research Group (IPRG) |
| 1984- | Director, Pensions & Investment Research Consultants Ltd. (PIRC) |
| 1995- | Treasurer, European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions |
| 1996-97 | Special Advisor, House of Commons Social Security Committee |
Apart from many contributions to pensions journals his publications include:
| 1987 | 'Your New Pensions Choice' (with J. Wilson), Tolleys, London |
| 1990 | 'What's Wrong With Transfer Values', PIRC, London |
| 1991 | 'Women & Personal Pensions - A Research Report
for the Equal Opportunities Commission' (with S. Ward), HMSO,
London. |
| 1993 | ‘Better Pensions for All’ Institute of Public Policy Research, London |
| 1996 | ‘International Perspectives on Supplementary Pensions - Actors & Issues’ (Editor with Emmanuel Reynaud et al), Quorum Books, Westport Ct. |
| 1998 | ‘Fair Shares for Pensioners’ (With Barbara Castle et al), Security In retirement for Everyone, London |
| 1998 | The role of the state in pension provision; Abstract of the debate at Staple Inn, 23 March 1998. (with Chris Daykin, Terry Arthur and Philip Booth BAJ (1998) 4: 931-967. |
| 2003 | 'Pension scheme profiles 2003', Union Pension Services Ltd, 2003 (Earlier editions published in 1993, 1996 and 2000) |
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