Grant Suckling

Grant has 20 years’ pensions experience built through a variety of senior roles, including as sole corporate trustee, chair and co-trustee of many schemes. Prior to joining Ross Trustees, Grant was an actuarial partner and also an independent trustee at Aon, supporting pension scheme clients of varying asset sizes from the low millions to over £1 billion.

Pragmatic and proportionate approach, and an actuarial background means Grant can hit the ground running, knows what questions to ask, what to ignore, where to look and how to take forward projects with companies. He has worked alongside trustees and employers in a number of other capacities such as Scheme Actuary, Company Actuary, Secretary, Pensions Manager, Project Manager and a Governance Specialist. This experience means he is able to see issues from all perspectives and is well-qualified to provide strategic input on a broad range of exercises and initiatives, such as journey planning. He has a particular focus on helping trustee boards successfully navigate their way through a period of major change or transition.

Grant is organised, action-orientated and has a can-do attitude to his work. Strong, productive relationships are central to the way he operates and he builds effective relationships with individual personalities and skills present on the trustee board, ensuring all views and perspectives are considered and that items are explained and clearly communicated so that decision-making is effective.

He is a fully-accredited member of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees and a member of the Pensions Management Institute. He is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and sits on the Council of the Society of Pensions 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