Meet the ESPS Trustees

The Trustee of the Scheme is a corporate body made up of directors who have a wide range of duties and responsibilities, including organising administration and investing the Scheme’s assets, which are completely separate from the finances of the Company.

Anything affecting the Scheme as a whole is considered by the Trustee Board, including:

investment beliefs and objectives;
valuation outcomes;
developments in pensions legislation or regulations;
changes to the Scheme rules; and
the appointment of advisers.

The Trustee Board meets at least four times a year, or more often if required, and delegates certain responsibilities to sub-committees.

Members with queries should address these to the Secretary to the Trustees, who will liaise with the Trustees as necessary.

Here’s a brief introduction to the members of the Trustee Board.

Your Trustees

Matthew Bayes

Service:

As Head of Business Controlling UK, Matt manages the team responsible for the financial reporting, planning and business partnering of Asset Operations in the UK. They also assist enabling functions with financial matters and actively support all valuation and investment decision processes in the UK. Matt is also a Director of Uniper UK Ltd and four of its subsidiaries.

Peter Langdon

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Peter Langdon has more than 15 years’ experience as a pension trustee, including seven years in the role of Chairman. Having worked across numerous sectors, including communications, security and aerospace, Peter has held a variety of senior roles, both in the UK and Europe. Peter holds the Pension Management Institutes’ Award in Pensions Trusteeship for both Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension schemes and is a member of the Association of Professional Pensions Trustees.

Gary Masters

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Gary is an Integrity Engineer with Uniper Technologies Ltd. Since obtaining a PhD in Marine Technology over 20 years ago, he’s spent his career in the oil & gas and power generation industries. Following four years with a small corrosion consultancy in Sheffield, during which he became a Chartered Engineer, Gary spent eight years with Advantica (formerly British Gas Research & Technology) in Loughborough, before joining E.ON Power Technology ten years ago. He is currently a representative for the Trade Union Prospect at UTG.

Jas Sandhu

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Jas has a degree in Chemical Engineering but ventured into tax working for HMRC in the mid 1980s. Jas joined PowerGen and had various roles in tax within PowerGen and E.ON. Jas headed up the Uniper UK tax team but is now a Pensioner.

Michael Spieler

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Michael has been head of the Group Treasury department within the Uniper Group Finance area since the beginning of this year and has held several roles in the E.ON Treasury organisation since 2003. Michael was involved in the set-up, funding and asset allocation of the German pension scheme and also serves as Chairman of the German Trustee Board of the Uniper Pension Trust.

Catherine Goy

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Catherine is a Team Leader in the Gas Turbine Combustion services area at Ratcliffe.