John Gaunt

Committee member

John is a committee member of the AMNT (Association of Member Nominated Trustees) and formerly experienced trustee of a large ($3bn) UK occupational pension scheme. He is a retired IT manager who has experience in successfully managing local, regional and global projects, in varied functional areas, including Logistics, Manufacturing, Research and Development, Quality and Finance. In addition to IT project management John has several years experience managing IT support teams in UK, Eire, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Russia, where he lived for a short period. He combines strong people management and interpersonal skills with a practical approach.

John Paradise

Committee member

John is an MNT for St Andrews Healthcare, one of the UK’s oldest charitable providers for the mentally ill although he now works for PJ Care as their Head of Learning and Development. Initially elected as Serving Member Representative, he was then nominated by the Employer as a Trustee (ENT), before being elected directly by members as an MNT. He joined AMNT soon after its inception and was elected to the National Committee in Nov 2011.

An active national committee member, John is jointly responsible for Training and Communications. John also believes that MNT’s should be recognised for the complexity of their role, that tPR Toolkit training should be mandatory in the first six months, with time off paid by sponsors, and to be paid as Trustees but linked closely to the level of TKU they can evidence. John has represented AMNT at events in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Barcelona and Berlin and occasionally writes for the pension industry press.

Sophie Dapin

Committee member

Sophie joined the AMNT committee in 2022. She has been a Member Nominated Trustee Director of the Schroders Retirement Benefit Scheme for four years. She was elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2021. She is particularly involved in initiatives on member engagement and believes it is crucial for all members of pension schemes to engage with their pensions, not just those approaching retirement. She is a member of the Scheme’s member communications subcommittee and has been involved in a number of initiatives to encourage wider involvement and interest. She is a qualified Actuary and works in Fiduciary Management, advising pension scheme trustees on their investment strategies.  Before joining Schroders, Sophie worked in both the actuarial and investment practices of Lane Clark and Peacock.

Terry Roberts

Committee member

Terry was elected to the Committee in 2021. Terry is qualified as a Graduate Manager & Chartered Company Secretary. He has operated in Company Secretary & Compliance roles across a range of businesses including at Northern Rock; then at Leeds (& Holbeck) Building Society; and then in Legal Services. In all these positions he was involved in legislative compliance & reporting, strategic planning & project management, company secretarial practice, budget creation & monitoring, planning & recording meetings, and general administration using a variety of computer based systems. He has also managed the company secretary governance procedures for Directors & Trustees and as a Pension Scheme Secretary he can also offer the experience from a number of governance roles including in Risk Management and Audit; Pension Scheme Trusteeship at the Chartered Management Institute & now as a MNT Director at the NRAM Pension Scheme; Governance monitoring and compliance; and Investment Management.

Alan Gander

Committee member

Alan joined the AMNT in 2012 and has been a Member Nominated Trustee of the Lend Lease UK Pension Scheme for 6 years.  He is currently Chairman of the Investment Sub-Committee, thoroughly enjoying anything to do with investments, and works hard to get the best outcomes for our scheme Members. The final salary fund is in excess of £500m, now fully closed, with approximately 2000 Members.  The growing defined contribution fund is circa £150m, with nearly 3000 Members. Alan has been an active member of the working party in preparing for this year’s Triennial Valuation, taking part in discussions with the Company Sponsor (whose parent is based in Australia) to agree adequate contribution levels. He is now retired from work, previously working as a Commercial Executive in the construction industry for 35 years, and is in receipt of a DB and DC pension; so is fully aware of the issues and traumas with establishing a retirement income. He is married, with six grown-up and totally independent children/step-children, and helps to instil in them that life is not just about paying bills and mortgages today, but also about thinking of how they will provide themselves with an income as they grow older. He loves to swim regularly, cycling whenever weather permits, painting portraits of well-known people he admires and walking in the Lake District; the most beautiful place on earth.

Bridget Hiluta

Membership and General Administation

Bridget joined the AMNT as administrator for Red Line Voting in September 2015. Initially supporting the development and launch of the project, and then managing the day to day administration of the project. Following the appointment of Leanne Clements as campaign manager for Red Line Voting Bridget moved into a more general role, supporting the membership and events aspects of the Association's work.

Her background is having worked for Marks and Spencer for 38 years primarily as an HR Manager and also as a Training & Commercial Manager.