JLT Pension Capital Strategies has appointed Martyn Phillips as head of buyout consulting.

Phillips, who will move from Lane Clark and Peacock, will assume responsibility for buyout and settlement activity across JLT Pension Capital Strategies, when he starts 2 April 2012.

At Lane Clark and Peacock, he focused on consulting with corporate clients on the de-risking of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. Phillips has also held roles at Prudential UK Insurance, Towers Perrin and Alexander Clay.

He said: “I look forward to leading the JLT team in delivering leading edge de-risking solutions to companies and trustees with pension schemes of all sizes, involving bespoke and vanilla transactions, ultimately providing increased security for pension scheme members, whose best interests are at the heart of everything JLT does.”

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