Defined benefit

Matthew Claisse is a qualified actuary with more than 20 years of industry experience. Throughout his two decade-long career he has thrived on embracing new challenges, both at a technical and big picture level, using clear and persuasive logic to help clients from a range of backgrounds find practicable solutions to their problems. 

Outside of work, when not embarking on the latest building or garden project, Matthew is a keen cook and oenophile.

Richard Jones is the Managing Director of PSPS.

He is a qualified actuary with almost 25 years' industry experience, including over a decade heading up Punter Southall’s specialist employer consulting division, prior to the sale of all the pension consulting businesses in 2018.

His particular specialism is the interaction of employer covenant with funding and investment, helping schemes to understand and navigate to the best long-term outcome for their specific circumstances. He have led over 300 complex pension projects during his career.

Alba Lleshi is a Marketing Project Administrator at Punter Southall Pension Solutions. She is an administrative support staff member that helps in the creation of marketing materials. She is in charge of the website and the social media. Alba spends much of her leisure time playing sports, learning new skills, travelling and visiting new places. She likes art and photography.

Katherine is a senior consultant at Punter Southall Pension Solutions. Katherine re-joined the Punter Southall Group in January 2022 to support business development and investment implementation of the Pension Safeguard Solution.

Her background is in institutional investments where she has had a range of senior roles from Head of Manager Research through Consultant Relations to Head of Marketing. She joined from SEI Investment Ltd, where she ultimately served as Head of Marketing for the EMEA institutional business focusing on fiduciary management for DB schemes and the SEI DC Master Trust. She initially joined SEI to manage their relationships with investment consultants and professional trustees and prior to SEI, Katherine worked at XPS and the pre-merger Punter Southall Investment Consulting business as Head of Operations and Head of Manager Research, respectively.

Chris is a qualified actuary and a senior consultant in the Pension Solutions business at Punter Southall. With more than 20 years’ experience advising employers and trustees, he brings a wealth of problem solving expertise to his role. At the weekend, Chris likes to get outside for a run. He also spends every other Saturday (or Sunday) afternoon, cheering on his team, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Jacqui is Covenant Lead at Punter Southall Pension Solutions She is a qualified actuary and has specialised in employer covenant related projects since 2006 following a brief spell advising on international pensions issues for a global consultancy in New York. Jacqui has provided employer covenant support to trustees and sponsors in a wide range of circumstances including distressed situations and corporate restructurings. Jacqui is a champion for flexible working having been based in Cornwall for over 15 years. Away from her home office she can usually be found on, or in, the water.