Replacement STAR chair revealed following McPhail's industry exit

McPhail left in June

Hannah Godfrey
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Vanguard’s Andrew Marker has succeeded Tom McPhail as chair of the not-for-profit STAR Steering Group after McPhail left the industry in June.

Marker is head of retail pensions at Vanguard Asset Management and STAR said he has extensive technical experience in both retail and occupational pensions after a 25-year career in pensions. McPhail left the industry on 1 June after a lengthy stint at Hargreaves Lansdown. He was the first chair of STAR, which aims to specify good-practice targets in pension transfer business. STAR is made up of senior industry figures and is overseen by the Financial Conduct Authority, the Department for Work and Pensions, The Pensions Regulator and other consumer groups. Throughout his career Mar...

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