Suzannah White
Areas of focus
Areas of focus
Suzannah White helps clients to efficiently manage their pensions schemes. She understands that pensions schemes are often multi-faceted and that looking after scheme members well while reflecting the needs of the scheme sponsors can be a difficult and negotiated balance. She helps trustee clients develop and maintain a good working relationship with their sponsoring company, making funding discussions easier and more constructive while also acting in the best interest of their members and avoiding disputes.
As well as advising trustees, Suzannah has significant experience of assisting corporate employers with the management of their schemes, allowing them to where possible reduce costs through rationalising, merging and winding-up.
Suzannah also guides both trustee and corporate clients through the numerous new developments that arise in pensions law, so that they can understand how to adapt to or take advantage of changes and what those changes mean for scheme members. Her clients benefit from her expertise in advising on everyday member queries, allowing them to answer the more difficult questions members or employees raise quickly and accurately.
Trustees' have the difficult job of negotiating a balance between looking after pension scheme members and company interests to the benefit of all, while understanding that no sponsoring company's resources are unlimited. Pensions is a very people-focused area and Suzannah enjoys helping these trustees (who are often taking on voluntary positions, or balancing multiple roles) run their schemes well, so that they can keep their members happy, their sponsoring company happy and provide their members with the benefits they think they should be getting. She guides busy people, who are trying to resolve issues quickly and effectively, through the complexities of pensions law so that they can do their best by all involved.
Our work often also directly assists the end-people of the scheme. Individuals affected by pensions issues can be vulnerable and making sure that they get what they should be getting is an important and rewarding aspect to her role.
Trustees of pensions schemes and corporate clients in a variety of sectors.