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The chief executive of the second largest Local Government Pension Scheme fund in Scotland is resigning to take up “a similar role overseas”. Doug Heron

By IPE Staff2021-02-25T16:23:00+00:00 Doug Heron, CEO of Lothian Pension Fund (LPF), will be leaving the fund to take up a similar role overseas later in the year, the pension fund announced today. He will remain in place until the summer, with the pension fund board to begin an external recruitment exercise to find his successor. The fund did not reply to a request from IPE inquiring about Heron’s next move. Stephen Moir, executive head of resources at City of Edinburgh Council and scheme chair, said that “despite the challenges of the pandemic” Heron “led the fund well through a...

Lothian Pension Fund to lose CEO this year Doug Heron Doug Heron resigned as CEO of Lothian Pension Fund, Edinburgh, and will leave later this year, a spokeswoman confirmed. Mr. Heron will take up a similar role overseas, a news release said Thursday. Mr. Heron, who has been CEO since February 2019, could not be reached for comment about his next appointment. The £8 billion ($11.2 billion) pension fund is searching for a new CEO externally. Mr. Heron will remain at Lothian until the summer to support the transition to the new CEO. "Doug was appointed to LPF in February 2019 and, despite t...

The CIPD says it is looking “for individuals who through their careers have made a positive impact for the profession and our purpose of championing better work and working lives.” In addition to a track record of delivering results and change, to be successful nominees must demonstrate their positive impact on HR’s body of knowledge, credibility and reputation. They also have to have contributed to “good work” and have benefitted society in some way. Being an “ambassador, advocate and promoter of the CIPD” is also necessary. Nominations can be made by any CIPD member who is a c...