Lynne Rawcliffe

I joined LawDeb in 2022, with over twenty years’ experience in the pensions industry. I balance strong technical and legal knowledge with leadership, communication and change management skills, having worked with a range of different stakeholders and in different roles myself.

I quickly made an impact as a trustee and represent LawDeb on six schemes ranging in size from c£9m to c£2.5bn; these include DB, DC and Hybrid benefit structures. I act in varying capacities with my schemes from Chair or Co-Trustee to leading where LawDeb is the Corporate Sole Trustee.

I have successfully supported a number of buy-in transactions and am co-chair of LawDeb’s internal Endgame Solutions Working Group. I have experience on all stages of the journey to buy-in from funding and investment matters to benefit and data preparation. Recently, I have also been instrumental in helping one of my schemes complete GMP equalisation and I continue to support their journey to buy-out. I have also supported several of my schemes with improving the governance and cost efficiencies of Scheme management, helped by my background in both pensions management and as a consultant. I am a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute and a part qualified actuary.

Prior to joining LawDeb, as an in-house pensions manager, I supported large hybrid pension schemes and chaired an Internal Governance Committee monitoring the selected Master Trust. I worked closely with colleagues to manage all pension arrangements, including employee communications and developments in the Master Trust offering. I also led both corporate and trustee projects and gained a strong member focus. I am proud that I steered the BASF scheme to win the Professional Pensions DC Scheme of the Year in 2016 as scheme pension manager.

In my spare time I enjoy playing netball, running and wine tasting!