Crystal Trustee Company Ltd. Appoints new Chair of Trustee, Samantha Pitt

Evolve Pensions Ltd. is delighted to announce that the Trustee of Crystal has appointed Law Debenture Pensions Trust Corporation (LawDeb), represented solely by Samantha Pitt, as its new Chair. Samantha succeeds Tony Filbin, who has served as the Crystal Trustee Chair for 6 years prior.

LawDeb is the longest established and largest provider of pension trusteeship in the UK. Having provided these services for over 50 years, it has a strong track record, and currently works across 190+  pension schemes including DB, DC and Hybrid, as well as various Master Trust and IGC roles.  

Samantha is a Trustee Director at LawDeb and brings  strong commercial experience gained from her previous investment-focused corporate roles. She prides herself on her collaborative, pragmatic and proactive approach to working with fellow trustees and sponsors. She previously held roles at Powergen, the Strategic Rail Authority, and Network Rail, and currently holds a Non-Executive Director role at The Guinness Partnership. She also chairs the Financial Conduct Authority Pension Plan.

Samantha adds, “We understand that membership of DC occupational pension schemes now exceeds that of both DB and hybrid schemes, and that millions of savers will depend on savings in DC schemes in later life. Our Pensions team at LawDeb therefore places great emphasis on looking after the needs of DC members. In particular, we believe the key to positive member outcomes is based around good member engagement, a clear and understood direction of travel, and fit for purpose investment options supporting the member journey.

I am delighted to have been appointed as Crystal’s new Chair of Trustee – I look forward to bringing the benefit of my experience both of working with large, market leading DC schemes as well as Master Trusts. I am passionate about ESG integration into investments and on improving member engagement and communications through digital solutions, including apps and member outcome solutions.”

On behalf of the Crystal Trustee and Evolve Pensions Ltd we would like to thank Tony for his hard work and dedication to Crystal during his tenure and wish him well in his future ventures.

Samantha commences her role as Chair of Crystal Trustee Company from 16^th June 2021.

View Samantha's profile here.

To see more on LawDeb's DC expertise visit our DC Trustee page.