Charles Counsell was appointed Chief Executive of The Pensions Regulator (TPR) on 1 April 2019. Prior to this Charles was Chief Executive at the Money Advice Service for nearly two years. Charles spent six years before this as Executive Director for Automatic Enrolment at TPR where he was responsible for the successful roll-out of this programme across the UK, working alongside the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). In his time at TPR, the automatic enrolment programme led to over 7.5 million workers newly saving into a workplace pension from over 500,000 employers. Charles was awarded an OBE in 2017 for services to workplace pension reform. He has spent much of his career setting up and leading major change programmes in both the private and public sector in the UK and overseas. Charles is also a Trustee of South Somerset Citizens Advice.

Chris Curry was appointed in 2019 on a part-time basis as Principal of the Pensions Dashboards Programme at the Money and Pensions Service. Chris brings valuable expertise and insight gained in his other role as the Director of the Pensions Policy Institute (where he continues to work part-time).

Chris has worked on important projects such as the DWP Auto-Enrolment Review Advisory Group in 2017, where he was co-chair and led on providing advice on the theme of Contributions. At the PPI Chris has authored and presented a number of research reports analysing pensions (including state, private and public sector pensions), pension reforms and other provision for retirement income.

Chris started his career as an Economic Adviser at the Department of Social Security (now the Department for Work and Pensions), before joining the ABI as Senior Economist. Chris has a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Warwick, and an MSc in Economics from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

David was appointed Executive Director of Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice on 2 July 2018. He is responsible for development of policy for TPR and has oversight of TPR's professional advisers including lawyers, actuaries, investment advisers and business analysts. David is a former Chairman of the Association of Consulting Actuaries and Director of the Association of Consulting Actuaries Limited, a former Council member of the International Actuarial Association, and inaugural Chairman of the Joint Industry Forum for Workplace Pensions. He was also a Council member of the Society of Pension Consultants and is immediate past Chairman of the Actuaries Club.

David was a Senior Partner in the Pensions practice at KPMG where he advised on the design, implementation, management and communication of pensions and employee benefit arrangements. Immediately prior to joining TPR, David developed and lead the Trustee Board Effectiveness service provided by KPMG and in collaboration with the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.

He has previously worked with DWP and HM Treasury on pensions and pension taxation policy.

Guy Opperman was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions on 14 June 2017. He served as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from 17 July 2016 to 14 June 2017. He was elected Conservative MP for Hexham in May 2010. Guy has an Honours Degree in Law from the University of Buckingham and a first class diploma from the University of Lille, France. Guy was called to the Bar in 1989 and spent 20 years as a barrister - 15 years of which were spent predominantly at the criminal bar. Guy is an amateur jockey and rode his first win in 1985.

Margaret Snowdon OBE is a pensions professional and experienced non-executive director. She is a Non-executive Member of the Phoenix Group With Profits Committees as well as a Non-executive Director of XPS Pension Group plc and has recently stepped down after fours on the Board of the Pensions Regulator. She sits on the Advisory Board of Moneyhub Financial Technology Limited. Margaret previously held partner and director level positions with the leading employee benefit consultancies. Among her many voluntary roles within the pensions industry, Margaret is Chair of the Pension Scams Industry Group, which has saved countless £ millions from falling into the hands of scammers. She is the first Honorary President of the Pensions Administration Standards Association, having previously been Chair for seven years. She serves on the Council of the Pensions Policy Institute and is a Member of the Personal Finance Society’s Pensions Advice Taskforce, leads on the PASA DB Transfers Code of Practice and is a member of the STAR Steering Group. She is also a Early Resolution Adviser with the Pensions Ombudsman service. Margaret was appointed an OBE in 2010 and has received many awards for her contribution to Pensions.

Roger Mattingly is an APPT Accredited Professional Trustee at Ross Trustees. He has spent his entire career in the pensions industry, the last seven years as a trustee. He chairs many trustee boards of various shapes and sizes. He is a Past President of the Society of Professional Pensions, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and has sat on many industry committees, working parties and advisory panels over the years.