Independent Director (The Law Debenture Pension Trustee Corporation plc)

Andy Harrison is the Chair of the Trustee Board and was appointed as a Company Nominated Director in December 2019. He has been a professional trustee for 3 years and represents the Law Debenture Pension Trustee Corporation plc. Prior to this, he spent almost 10 years in investment banking and nearly 20 years in investment management. Andy is also a member of the Investment Committee. In his spare time, he enjoys music, walking and craft beer.

Date of Appointment (The Law Debenture Pension Trustee Corporation plc): 23 October 1997

Chris Franklin was appointed as a Member Nominated Director in August 2011. He is Chair of the Communication sub-committee and a member of both the Investment and the Governance sub-committees. In 2011, after over 40 years' service, he retired from Mercedes-Benz (UK) Limited having served a variety of roles in After Sales, covering Cars, Trucks and Vans.  Outside work, Chris is a keen motorcyclist, and a family historian.

Date of Appointment: 18 August 2011

Caroline Roberts was appointed as a Member Nominated Director in October 2016 and she is a member of the Trustee Communication and Governance sub-committees. She has worked for Mercedes-Benz (UK) Limited since 2001 in different business areas and she is currently the Tendering Executive in Truck Sales Support. In her spare time, Caroline enjoys horse-riding.

Date of Appointment: 1 October 2016

Liam Ilbury has been a Trustee since 2011, but was most recently appointed as a Member Nominated Director in August 2018. He is Chair of the Investment sub-committee and a member of the Communication sub-committee. In 2011, after 40 years’ service, he retired from Mercedes-Benz UK Limited as Director of After Sales for Commercial Vehicles. Since retiring, Liam has completed a number of property redevelopments and is currently renovating a long-neglected Victorian cottage.

Date of Appointment: 1 August 2018

Harald Henn was appointed as a Company Nominated Director in December 2018 and he is a member of the Governance sub-Committee. He has over 20 years of experience with Daimler AG and has served on various Boards in the US, Japan and Canada. Outside the office, he enjoys spending time with his family, running along the Ouse, playing golf and the piano and learning Japanese.

Date of Appointment: 1 December 2018

Rachael was appointed as a Company Nominated Director in January 2015 and she is a member of the Communications sub-committee. She joined Mercedes-Benz UK Limited in 2009 and has been the HR Director since December 2014. Outside of work, Rachael loves taking her Daughter Lily on little excursions, which usually involves farm animals, dining out with family and friends and travelling abroad.

Date of Appointment: 1 January 2015

Angela Shepherd was appointed as a Company Nominated Director in May 2018 and she is Chair of the Governance sub-committee. She joined Mercedes-Benz UK Limited as a Graduate Trainee and, since December 2019, has been CEO of the Mercedes-Benz Retail Group. Angela enjoys being in the garden, watching her son play football and travelling with friends and family.

Date of Appointment: 1 May 2018

Alasdair Gill is the lead investment consultant to the Trustee, mainly advising the investment sub-committee on all aspects of the Scheme’s investment portfolio. This includes the strategic allocation between different asset classes (such as company shares and safer bond type investments), which investment managers to appoint to manage these assets, and how to manage risk in the portfolio using techniques such as liability hedging. Alasdair is a Partner at XPS and has 23 years’ experience in advising on investments. Prior to working in investments, he qualified as an actuary, and he also has an engineering degree! In his spare time, Alasdair is a keen cyclist and a regular golfer.

Alasdair is supported in his role by Sian Pringle, a Senior Investment Consultant at XPS. Sian is responsible for providing the investment sub-committee with quarterly monitoring reports which detail the assets' performance over the quarter and provides regular updates on each of the funds and managers that the Scheme invests in. The wider investment team also assist in carrying out any asset transitions from one manager to another. Sian is a qualified actuary with 9 years’ experience in the industry. When not advising pension schemes on their investment strategies, Sian enjoys getting outdoors – particularly with her recent addition to the family, a labradoodle called Monty.