The Fidelity Master Trust is designed to provide employers and their employees with a well- governed, value-for-money pension scheme.
The Fidelity Master Trust is run by a board of five Trustees, all of whom are independent. The Trustees are responsible for making sure the Scheme is run in line with the Scheme rules and the relevant legislation.
The Master Trust Board has a legal obligation to act in members’ best interests. The Scheme rules give the Trustees:
In addition, the Trustees have to comply with The Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice for the governance of occupational defined contribution plans and the authorisation and supervision of master trusts. This is based on six elements that contribute to ‘good member outcomes’:
As Scheme sponsor, Fidelity was responsible for setting up the Master Trust Board. It's the Chair’s responsibility to make sure that the Board as a whole has the right combination of skills, knowledge and experience to fulfil its responsibilities. To this end, the Trustees, with the consent of Fidelity, may appoint or remove a trustee. Independent Trustees are required to go through a re-appointment process at least every five years, and no individual may serve as an Independent Trustee for more than ten years.
You can read profiles of the Trustees at the bottom of the page.
By post: Fidelity Master Trust Chair, Zedra, Park House, Park Square East, Leeds LS1 2PW
You can read more about sustainable investing and ESG, as well as the role they play in the Master Trust’s default investment option, FutureWise, when you visit the page on sustainable investing.
Please see here for the Master Trust Board’s policy on sustainable investing.
The members of the Master Trust Board are always delighted to hear from plan members and employers about their experience of Fidelity. They use feedback to inform their conversations and activities with Fidelity. You can contact them in the following ways:
By email: ZGL.FidelityMTChair@zedra.com
By post: Fidelity Master Trust Chair, Zedra, Park House, Park Square East, Leeds LS1 2PW
Kim Nash is Managing Director at ZEDRA Governance Limited, which she joined in February 2012. Kim is a qualified Actuary and previously worked for Willis Towers Watson as an actuarial benefit consultant. Kim brings with her significant experience both as a DB and DC Trustee. Kim joined Fidelity as a sole trustee in Dec 2013 and became chair of FMT in April 2015.
Mark is a Client Director at Vidett, with previous roles including Head of Pensions at Manchester Airport Group (MAG) and as a Reward Director. He has been an independent trustee since 2013, with a large focus on large complex Defined Benefit (DB) and Defined Contribution (DC) pension schemes. He joins from the Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) Master Trust, where he has been a Trustee for over four years, chairing its Member Experience sub-committee. Mark brings significant experience of both Chair of Trustee roles for DB and DC schemes, with extensive experience of DC Master Trust. Mark’s broad experience as Chair of Trustees includes working with Debenhams and Bentley Motors. Mark will work with Kim Nash between January and March 2025, assuming the responsibilities as Chair of the Master Trust when Kim retires, as Trustee and Chair, in April 2025.
Roger Breeden is a Trustee Executive with independent trustee company BESTrustees and specialises in workplace Defined Contribution and Master Trust pension schemes. His financial services experience spans more than 40 years. The majority of this was with Mercer where, most recently as a Partner, he led the launch and successful authorisation of a Master Trust, establishing operational and governance systems and processes. He started his career as a personal financial adviser, which provided him with day-to-day experience of the needs of pension scheme members as they build and draw down on their savings.
Pavan is a senior Trustee Director at Independent Governance Group (IGG). He has a background covering both legal and financial services and is able to draw upon a broad skill set as a trustee. Prior to joining IGG he spent over ten years working in investment banking with a range of institutional clients. He currently sits as a trustee on a number of boards, including one of the largest groups of DB and DC plans in the UK.
Gerald is a Professional Trustee and Client Director of Vidett Governance Services Ltd. He has over 35 years’ experience in the finance industry, 15 years as pension trustee and 3 years in HR management.
His current portfolio of trusteeships includes chair, sole trustee and subcommittee positions with DB and DC schemes and DC Master Trusts. He brings strengths in the investment and financial management disciplines together with more broadly-based trustee skills. He was previously at BNY Mellon, a leading provider of asset management, custody and collateral management services. Here he led the corporate strategy for the UK and European pensions industry.
Jill Mackenzie has over 25 years of industry experience and more than ten years’ experience as a pension scheme trustee, working across DC and DB. She currently chairs four pension trustee boards and most recently spent seven years on the board of Nest Master Trust where she was the Senior Independent Director. She is also a Member of the Pensions Management Institute and holds the PMI Diploma in Pension Trusteeship.
