TPAS names LIFT-Financial's Cracknell as chief exec

Cracknell succeeds Martha Phillips in the £100,000 per year role, who in March announced she would step down. A qualified actuary, Cracknell was group commercial director of retirement advice firm LIFT-Financial. She has also worked as an associate director at Bluerock Consulting, as Skandia's regulated business director, and as business development director at Origen. She said: "I believe in pensions as a savings vehicle for retirement and I want to help people understand them so that they are able to make informed choices. "I am thrilled to have been appointed as chief executive ...