Joanne Darbyshire has been appointed as Director of Pension Administration by Local Pensions Partnership (LPP).

Joanne will become a key member of the senior leadership team, leading the business to continue to drive a programme of building a strong and sector-leading pension administration offering which focuses and delivers on increased operational efficiency for our clients, tailored and effective member communications, robust risk and data management.

LPP currently provides pension administration services to more than 590,000 members from some 1,700 public and charity sector employers in 17 LGPS, Police and Firefighter pension schemes.

Joanne Darbyshire brings a wealth of experience in the life and pensions sector. She held several senior roles at the Co-operative Group including Head of Co-operative Life Planning and Head of Commercial and Strategy. Joanne currently holds a non-executive trustee and director position at the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership.

Michael O’Higgins, Chair of Local Pensions Partnership commented:

“LPP’s Pension Administration business has made significant progress in laying the foundations since our launch in 2016, aiming for increased efficiency for our clients and an improved member experience. We very much look forward to Joanne continuing to build effective and collaborative working relationships with clients.”