Date published:
22/09/2020
Today Capita has appointed Stuart Heatley as the new Managing Director (MD) of its Pensions Business, succeeding Nigel Purveur.
Stuart has been at Capita for over five years, most recently as MD of Capita’s Pensions Consulting business. In this role, he has successfully delivered transformation, developed new propositions, and set the business up on its growth path. Stuart has over 30 years of UK and European pension experience, having served as the MD of Pensions & Benefits Administration in EMEA for AON and as a Senior Leader at Scottish Life, prior to joining Capita. He is well recognised for thought leadership, business transformation, new product development and colleague engagement.
Stuart, who will start the new role on 1 October 2020, succeeds Nigel Purveur who is retiring. Nigel stabilised the business during a period of economic and political uncertainty, navigating the business through the pandemic while successfully growing client and colleague confidence. As part of the transition plan, Nigel will remain at Capita for the rest of the year.
Stuart Heatley, MD, Capita Pensions Consulting said: “I am really excited to be taking on the role of MD of Capita Pensions. For the rest of this year and into 2021, we will be focusing on continuing to develop our service resilience and ensuring we are supporting our clients and their evolving pensions needs. We are embracing digital change by implementing a focused and ambitious digital roadmap, and we’ll enhance operational excellence and create sustainability in our back office which will enable our success in the future.”
Chantal Free, Executive Officer of People Solutions Division: said; “I am delighted to announce Stuart Heatley as the new Managing Director of our pensions business. After a competitive recruitment process, it was clear that Stuart’s background and experience was ideal to take our pensions business to the next level and focus on the next stage of our strategy which is around growth and digitisation. I would like to also thank Nigel for the tremendous job he has done in stabilising our business during a period of uncertainty. It was thanks to his hard work, leadership and commitment that our client and market confidence have grown, and our performance and culture have improved."
