Alan Pickering:
CBE

Alan Pickering is a Partner with Watson Wyatt. He joined them in June 1992 having spent the previous twenty years with the EETPU where he gained considerable experience in many aspects of employee relations, pensions and personal finance.

He is chairman of the Plumbing Industry Pension Scheme having been closely involved with the development of many other industry-wide schemes.

In January 2005 he became a trustee of the Pre-Retirement Association.

He was a member of the Occupational Pensions Board from April 1991 until April 1997 serving as its Deputy Chairman during 1993.

He was Chairman of the National Association of Pensions Funds between May 1999 and May 2001.

From 2001 - 2004 he served as Chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP).

On 26 September 2001, he was asked by Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to lead a review into the possible simplification of the rules governing the operation of all forms of private pension provision. His report "A Simpler Way to Better Pensions" was published on 11 July 2002.

In February 2005 he was appointed to the Board of The Pensions Regulator.