Pension Professionals and their Pets
Tracey Lennon (IQVIA): “Meet my nearly 8 year old Mi-ki dog named Sydney – they are a US breed and quite rare in the UK. The photos are from his Xmas Christmas card shoot!
Christian Pickel (Vanguard): “Meet Lucy, our 8 year of Christmas elf, or a Chihuahua Jack Russell cross”
Gillian McCue (Blake Morgan): Goldie and Honey the Golden Retrievers
Andy Dickson: Meet Jimi n Juno the Irish Setters
Chris Roberts (Dalriada Trustees): “To get some cat balance… Texas, Tito and Frazzles”
John Harney (Aon): “Meet Dolly and Margot, two of the most lovely French bulldogs you could meet and best of friends too”
Sion Cole (BlackRock): “This is my boy, Shrek”
Amy Mankelow (Brightwell): Here’s Max the Redbone Coonhound
Hannah Heath (Professional Pensions: Luna the Working Cocker Spaniel
Vicky Casebourne (Van Lanschot Kempen): “Sam, Sammuel the Spaniel and Santa Paws at Xmas!”
Francois Barker (Eversheds Sutherland): “Meet Boots, the latest recruit to the Eversheds Sutherland pensions team! She’s the fifth Guide Dogs puppy in training in the Barker household and will be with us for the next 12-15 months as she gets used to a world in which she may be guiding a blind or partially sighted person.”
Sabrina Rodrigues (Professional Pensions): “Here is my favourite picture of Clyde and he is a Boxer”
Russell Wright (Redington): “Ruby was a trainee guide dog we fostered. She briefly made it as a guide dog but she preferred the easy life so is our pet now!”
Bobby Riddaway (Capital Cranfield): Lyla
Paul Newman (Pensions law barrister and author): “Here is Jade, our beautiful Cocker Spaniel”
Jenny Yoe (Newton Investment Management) “This is Noodle (with AI enhancements)”
Justine Pattullo (independent marketing and communications consultant): “Meet Dixie, she’s a Heinz 57 living her best life in Kirkcaldy and all the beaches that Fife has to offer”
Heather Brown (Aviva): “Technically Brian the Golden Retriever (on the right with his even cuter puppy friend) is not my pet – he is a guide dog in training and we are his foster family”
Graham Jung (Pi Pension Trustees): “Here are Pansy and Crocus, the French sisters, and Alice, the fluffy upstairs cat”
Richard Wiscombe (Capital Cranfield): “Elaine Wiscombe (PPF) and I are the proud parents of Jester (25% Border Collie and 75% Golden Retriever) who has just been swimming in this photo and 4 cats ( but getting them in the same place for a photo is quite literally like herding cats. So, I’ve settled for a pic of a drawing - clockwise from top right: Oscar, Merlin, Nutmeg and Alfie)”
Tony Britton (Aon): “Freddie and Evie our Golden Retrievers – Freddie is just back from his cancer op)”
Natalie Winterfrost (LawDeb Pension Trustees): “Milo the (allegedly miniature) Labradoodle”
Rosie Lacey (Costain Group and the PMI): “Meet Kenzie, who has featured on many calls and is prone to cutting off Teams calls, but you gotta love them”
Lisa Varley (Aon): “This is Bonnie, Bella and CJ”
Kate Sinclair (LCP): “Here's my little guy, Mochi – a 5-month-old Havanese; he's the cutest little fluffball with a solid side-eye game already”
Madhu Jain (Pinsent Masons): “Here’s Sox - my lockdown Havanese!”
Abigail Sheridan-Toombs (Storebrand Asset Management): “My cat Gigi isn’t a fan of Christmas outfits… although we did get her dressed up one year and she never forgave us for it”
Danielle Baker (Pensions Policy Institute): This is Mr Conkers at the start of a busy day of judging my work and attending Teams meetings. And then at the end of the day when he’s exhausted from all the pensions chat!!
Brian Henderson (Mercer): “Here’s me and Buddie. He’s a Morkie, half Yorkshire terrier half Maltese. Not the biggest fan of snow as you can see.”
Eve Keith (Independent Governance Group): “Here are my girls Poppy and Daisy”
Rosina Barnett (Northern Trust Asset Management): “Toby the Springador and Luna the Springer in action!”
Paul Enderby (Redington): Marley & Moose, the Cockapoos
Nick Samuels (Capstone Investment Advisors): Sven and Olaf - British Shorthairs (brothers from different mothers…)
Mike Woodall: “Teddy, a 4-year-old Cockapoo”
Chris Archer (Employee Benefits Collective): “This is Tess, an almost 15-year-old lurcher who we rescued nearly 7 years ago. She’s really Paul Williams dog but deigns to sleep under my desk and allows me to fuss her during the day.”
Dawid Konotey-Ahulu (Redington, Mallowstreet & 10000 Interns Foundation): “Meet Nairobi”
Charlotte O'Leary (Pensions for Purpose): “Rosie and Asri…best friends. They make sure I get out and walking even when work is manic!”
Paul Black (Pi Partnership): “Here’s Monty, my Wire-haired Dachshund”
Steve Jones (Boots UK): “Here's my Sproodle, Wilson”
Damien Stancombe (Barnett Waddingham): Etienne Fairclough III the Bedlington Terrier
Neil McPherson (ESG Foundation and Global Pension & Benefits Council): “Ted. Doesn't lack confidence”
Alex Lane (Eversheds Sutherland): “Kit the Working Cocker Spaniel”
Cali Sullivan (PLSA): “This is Hitch, named after the master of suspense, black and white film legend Sir Alfred Hitchcock”
Andrew Benton (Natixis Investment Managers): Flora, a Smooth-haired Dachshund
Richard Antrobus (Barnett Waddingham): “More proof Red Setters can be chilled some of the time, this is Holly who joined the BW family this year”
Vanessa Franklin (Hitachi Energy): “Here’s Margot, a cockapoo resident pawlicy advisor!”
Tim Parker (Succession Employee Benefit Solutions): “Little Ruby on the beach for the first time. On her lead as chasing seagulls spoilt the recall training”
Arun Muralidhar (AlphaEngine Global Investment Solutions): “Sparky..just deceased..and Bailey”
Andy Parker (Barnett Waddingham): “Professional Pensions bag from some time ago - and Treacle too!”
Joel Sawyer (USS): “Here’s Chewie (Chewbacca) Chowdhury!”
Steph Gold (Barnett Waddingham): “These are my two, Luna on the left and Albie on the right….they’re both Australian Labradoodles!”
Simon Males (Tikehau Capital): “Meet Ethel, warrior of Old Hatfield, brings wriggling presents into the house weekly, that’s my girl!”
Kim Gubler (PASA and KGC): “Here’s ginge. A serious fat cat in his usual pose”
Holly Copely (Barclays): “Here’s Chudley the black Labrador posing as he does best!”
Emma Jack (Aegon UK): “This is Rigby - our 6 year old border terrier and diva extraordinaire”
Jonathan Repp (EY): “Here’s Shadow”
Mark Engelbretson (Independent Governance Group): “Haydon Keith the Cockerpoo is all wrapped up for the winter season!”
Daniel Mantilla-Garcia (Universidad de Los Andes and Netspar): “Athos (like the Musketeer), recued”
Daniel Simmonds (Cushon): “Our Beagle Harrier, Marlow. A rescued street dog from Cyprus who landed on his paws thanks to the lovely humans who volunteer at Stronger Together Animal Rescue. He makes each day a special one for us.”
Nigel Hill: “Dylan, a Tibetan Terrier, helping to draft a set of trustee minutes…”
Michelle Worvell (Insurindex): “This is my Bedlington Whippet girl Biscuit”
Jim Woodlingfield (Surrey Pension Fund): “Here is Milo the labradoodle, in between benefit calculations...”
Jacob Smith (Aon): “Our English Springer Spaniel Whitby enjoying himself at the beach”
Melissa Nelson (Aon): “Meet Coco, Aon’s latest pensions marketing intern!”
Sharon Bellingham (Scottish Widows): “Here are my two (Luna and Ted). They look like angels but are absolute devils!”
Ian Beestin (Money Alive): “We have a relative’s dog staying at the moment. It barks so loud ear protection is essential. Here’s me discussing the pros and cons of pot follows member with Barney earlier”
Samantha Wilding (USS): “Meet Cooper… He is a two-year-old Long-haired Jack Russell Terrier. And he looks particularly handsome at this time of year!"
Tim Sansom (Pi Partnership): “Holly, the Hearing Dog that we are currently training, in full flight on the beach”
Cheryl Payne (HSBC Bank Pension Trust): “Miss Dior and Bandit (Newfoundlands) who are ready for Christmas!”
Nicola Morgan (Cummins): “Siberian Samoyeds called Scout (age 4) and Bear (age 3).”
Martin O’Connell (Field Group and Chesapeake Pension Plans”: “Grand-daughter Santa dog Lexie”
Debbie Fielder (Deputy Head Clwyd Pension Fund): “Max And Paddy. My two favourite boys – six-year-old cavapoo brothers being chilled for a change!”
The latest recruit to the Eversheds Sutherland pensions team and an unexpected appearance from “Santa Paws” has led to a deluge of pension pet posts in the run-up to Christmas.
A post by Eversheds Sutherland head of pensions Francois Barker introduced the pensions world to the latest recruit to the legal firm's pensions team. Boots is the fifth guide dogs puppy in training in the Barker household and will be with the Barker household for the next 12 to 15 months as she gets used to a world in which she may be guiding a blind or partially sighted person.
This post came at around the same time as Van Lanschot Kempen's Vicky Casebourne introduced us to Sammuel the Spaniel (a dog also known as Santa Paws at Christmas).
A post from PP editor Jonathan Stapleton then opened the floodgates with dozens of pension pet pics being posted or sent in.
If you want to include your favourite pension pet picture in the PP photo gallery, send your images to [email protected] including the name of your pet! Dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs etc - all are welcome…
