Grant Suckling

Grant has extensive experience of working with both companies and trustees on pensions issues.

An actuary by training, Grant has almost 20 years’ pensions experience. He has mastered all types of governance models as co-trustee, Chair of Trustees and as Professional Corporate Sole Trustee for a variety of schemes.

Previously a partner and an independent trustee for a global professional services firm, Grant has worked alongside trustees and employers as an outsourced Pensions Manager, strategic Scheme Secretary, Project Manager and a Governance and Administration lead adviser. He is a member of the firm’s Discontinuance Team and has extensive experience of scheme wind-up and merger exercises.

Grant has been involved in many valuation discussions as a Scheme Actuary, Corporate Actuary and as a Professional Trustee. A large proportion of these exercises required close engagement with the Pensions Regulator. He also has extensive experience of working collaboratively with Trustees and employers in order to reach an agreement where middle ground needs to be found.

Grant is an accredited member of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees. Grant sits on the Council of the Society of Pension Professionals.

“Working with Grant and other stakeholders such as the sponsoring employer was vital to delivering change and Grant was right at the centre of that. Happy to listen, advise and challenge in equal measure but always in a collaborative style.”
Chair of Trustees, UK Pension Scheme