In this month’s episode of Shaping Tomorrow, Clare Routledge sits down with guests Gawaine Batchelor (Aviva) and Nathalie Sims (LCP) ready to discuss the government's recent consultation on defined benefit pension schemes.

In this month’s episode, Clare Routledge sits down with Ellie Dobson (Isio), David Alward (Lane Clark & Peacock) and Laura Fenton‑Williams (Vidett) as they talk openly about taking shared parental leave, what they gained from it and how the experience is changing for parents across the pensions industry.

Shaping Tomorrow returns for 2026 with a brand‑new episode; diving into the world of healthcare trusts - an increasingly popular alternative to traditional insurance for providing medical benefits to employees.

Host Clare Routledge is joined by Jeremy Hill, head of our healthcare team, along with special guest Kevin Gude, a consultant solicitor at Keystone Law who specialises in employee benefits and group risk. Tune in as they their expertise on how healthcare trusts work and the value they can deliver for organisations.

In the ninth episode of our series, we meet Kate Barette from our charity committee, alongside Jo Caesar from Different Strokes (a charity dedicated to helping working-age stroke survivors) and Georgia Thornton from our chosen charity this year: the Alzheimer’s Society. Tune in as we find out more about our charity committee who have raised over £26k this year alone, and some of the amazing causes its supported!

It's COP30 week, so in our eighth installment of Shaping Tomorrow, host Clare Routledge leads a compelling conversation with our panel of experts; exploring sustainability and the younger generation’s views on their pensions, investments and whether they match their values. Joining Clare for the discussion are Archie Hamilton (PensionPay), Joe Dabrowski (Pensions UK), Laasya Shekaran (Pensions for Purpose) and Sam Swinerd (Vidett).

With The Pensions Regulator’s added focus on the importance of board effectiveness, join host Clare Routledge alongside this month’s guests: Scott Christie (Head of Training and Integration, Strengthscope): Nicole Johannesen (Board Effectiveness lead, Vidett) and Alison Hatcher (Head of Trusteeship, Vidett) – as they discuss the power of psychology and how you can use it to perfect your board’s performance!

Joining host Clare Routledge this month are special guests Maddie York (Senior Writer, Quietroom) and Saq Hussain (Founder, FinancialEducation.co.uk), alongside her fellow colleagues Suzi Lowther (Marketing & Communications Director, Vidett) and Simon Lewis (EDI Lead and Client Director, Vidett). Tune in as the panel delve into the current clarity of pensions and financial communications and what we can do to make them both more accessible and inclusive.

This month host Clare Routledge welcomes Alison Coulson to reflect on her mixed experiences of trying to claim death benefits from her late husband's various different pension providers. Clare is then joined by fellow Vidett Trustees Curtis Mitchell and Shaun Kilcoyne, who work across defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) schemes as well as our Life Assurance Master Trust team, to understand how we can use these important learnings going forwards.

Shaping Tomorrow celebrates the people, their stories and successes in our industry. In this month's episode, we discuss the effects of the political turmoil surrounding sustainability.

Shaping Tomorrow celebrates the people, their stories and successes in our industry. In this month's episode, we meet the team that worked on the challenge of merging various pensions schemes together for the Volvo Group.