Jackie Wells - Independent Member
Jackie is an independent policy consultant and a governance professional. She has worked in the pension sector for many years, initially working in the life assurance sector before moving to Bacon & Woodrow and Deloitte in their strategy consultancy arms. During that time, she worked with government departments, regulators, and providers on a wide range of policy initiatives including stakeholder pensions and the implementation of the Pensions Commission recommendations.
On leaving Deloitte, Jackie completed an MSc in Gerontology at the University of Southampton and shifted the focus of her work towards a wider range of ageing issues including later life finances. Jackie has since returned to a role as an independent consultant, working with pension schemes on a range of policy issues including value for money as well a role with Guiide where she is a member of the Governance Committee overseeing DB to DC transfer advice. She combines this with supporting Age UK on their national influencing committee and as a director of Age UK Southampton and now Age UK Wiltshire.