Heywood Pension Tech
Heywood Pension Technologies (“Heywood”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Connelly to the board in his new role as Chief Strategy Officer, effective immediately.
Having held a previous role at Heywood for 11 years, Chris re-joined in 2022 as Head of Propositions. His promotion to Chief Strategy Officer recognises his contributions to accelerate strategic growth under the ownership of BlackRock’s Long Term Private Capital Fund (“LTPC”), which acquired the business in February 2021.
Chris has been instrumental in delivering new propositions in growth areas for the company including Pensions Dashboard ISP and Data Services. Going forward in his new role, Chris will be focussing on expanding Heywood’s mission to support pension providers, administrators and employers with data driven, technology enabled solutions.
Across his 30-year career and experience in senior roles at NatWest, Fidelity, Aon Hewitt and Equiniti, Chris has acquired a wealth of experience including in-house pensions administration, third-party administration, financial services companies, local authorities and central government schemes, and was recognised last year with the Pensions Age award for ‘Pensions Personality of the Year’ 2022.
Chris has worked on several industry initiatives, including The Pension Regulator’s data quality and record-keeping guidelines. He is currently a member of the Pension Administration Standards Association (PASA) Pensions Dashboards Working Group and represents PASA within the Pensions Dashboards Programme at the Money and Pensions Service.
Chris is a true industry visionary and will be instrumental in supporting us to define new market opportunities as we go through our next phase of growth.
Fraser Smart, CEO of Heywood said “Chris is a true industry visionary and will be instrumental in supporting us to define new market opportunities as we go through our next phase of growth. The additional expertise and experience Chris brings to Heywood will ensure we continue to develop the best products and solutions for our customers and their members”.
Chris, on his appointment as Chief Strategy Officer, said “I am delighted to accept this new role. I look forward to continuing at the pace we are moving to pursue our ambition to become the UK’s leading provider of data-driven, technology-enabled solutions for all workplace pensions”.
