About SPS - Company Profile

Trevor is the founder of Specialist Pension Services Ltd and SPS Conferences, as well as co-founding executive director of the European Pension Fund Investment Forum (EPFIF). He advises Pension Funds and other investment institutions throughout Europe and in the United States. Trevor's career started at the Legal & General Assurance Society, and progressed through Swiss Life Insurance & Pension Company to GEC (now known as Marconi) where he became Assistant Pensions Manager in charge of scheme administration. After a brief spell with Lonrho, Trevor joined Maxwell Communication Corporation and subsequently transferred to The Mirror Group as their Pensions Manager.

He left The Mirror in October 1992, a year after the Maxwell debacle, to start Specialist Pensions Services. In his position with EPFIF, Trevor organises seminars and other events in Brussels, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Stockholm, Zurich and

Zeist (Netherlands) for Pension Funds with assets of €1,000 billion. Pension Fund members of the Forum are based
throughout Europe. Trevor provides the Cook Column for the monthly magazine Investment and Pensions Europe.

Suzanne is Head of Sales and Marketing at SPS Conferences. She is responsible for recruiting sponsors and putting the programme of events together.

After graduating with a degree in Computer Studies in 1986, Suzanne began her Career at a software consultancy installing Investment Management systems for City Institutions before joining County NatWest Investment Management in 1988 as a business systems Analyst. In 1991 she transferred to the UK Institutional sales team selling asset management services direct to Major UK Pension Funds. She progressed to the position of Business Development Director, UK Institutional Pension Funds, which she retained following the firm's merger with Gartmore in 1996. In 1998 she joined Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where she was responsible for developing both the UK Institutional Market and the firm's Institutional business in Southern Africa. In January 2001 she moved to Morgan Stanley in New York City and joined the Public Fund team, responsible for client service of the company's largest Public Fund Clients. Following the birth of her first child in September 2001, she took a career break to become a full time mother. She had a second child in May 2003, returned to the UK in October 2004 and joined SPS in December 2005.

Sue is Conference Co-ordinator at SPS Conferences. Her responsibilities include ensuring the website is kept up-to-date, organising the mailing of conference invitations, logging replies and ensuring database information is updated. She also works with the Conference Manager to produce the conference documentation.

Carla is the Conference Manager at SPS Conferences. Her role is primarily to liaise with speakers and to manage the receipt and production of conference documentation. In addition, she manages the on-site running of each event, including any pre-conference events.

After graduating with a BA (Hons) Hotel Business Management from BCFTCS, Birmingham, Carla went on to work for an Expotel hotel reservations agency. A year later she joined Risk Waters running financial conferences and exhibitions mainly in the US.

Carla managed the logistics for UK events in the education, funding and sports industry for Electricword plc for over 6 years. She joined SPS conferences in April 2007.

Ian is the Marketing Reserarch Analyst at SPS Conferences. Prior to joining SPS, he was the Events Co-ordinator at Herts Regional College. Ian graduated from Hertfordshire University with a BSc(Hons) in Physics.

 

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