• Steering group to provide strategic direction for pensions dashboards development
• Candidates to come from pensions, consumer advocacy and financial services/fintech sectors

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is today commencing recruitment of the steering group of the pensions dashboards Industry Delivery Group, which will provide strategic direction for the development of the project, focusing on the interests of consumers and industry. 

Pensions dashboards will ensure people throughout the UK have easy access to key information about what pensions they have, who manages them and what they are worth, revolutionising how people engage with their pensions throughout their lives.

The steering group will provide strategic direction across a range of topics to support the delivery of pensions dashboards by the Industry Delivery Group (IDG). The IDG is bringing together a delivery group made up of representatives from across pensions, fintech and financial services, consumer groups, regulators and government to drive forwards the technology that will enable dashboards to work. The steering group will represent consumers and industry, with a specific focus on building consensus amongst those who will be involved in and impacted by the implementation and rollout of pensions dashboards.

The steering group will represent the interests of consumers and stakeholders when reviewing the work of the IDG. In turn, the steering group Chair and Principal of the IDG, Chris Curry, will then take decisions to the MaPS Pensions Dashboards sub-committee.

The steering group will be made up of a small representative membership of 12 people, including the steering group Chair and IDG Implementation Director Angela Pober. The steering group will include representatives from the pensions industry such as pension providers, administrators, trustees and insurers; consumer advocacy groups and thinktanks; and the fintech and financial services sectors.

Candidates must demonstrate expertise in areas such as consumer advocacy, pensions provision and information, public service delivery, disruptive technology, big data or GDPR. They will require experience representing the interests of others as a member of a board, and experience representing their views to government and a number of other stakeholders.

Chris Curry, Principal of the pensions dashboards IDG, said: “I am pleased to be moving forward with the next step in the development of pensions dashboards in beginning recruitment for the steering group. Our aim is to have a group that incorporates the independent expertise of industry and consumer representatives who understand first-hand how people engage with their pensions.

“We anticipate a high level of interest from both industry and consumer representatives and look forward to bringing together a steering group that will play a key role in delivering a trusted service that enables innovative pensions dashboards, helping people to better engage with their pensions and retirement planning.”

While the steering group will focus on setting the strategic direction for dashboards, there will be several opportunities in the near future for other engagement and working groups, to ensure wider stakeholder involvement. 

Applications will be accepted until 25^th August, after which a robust shortlisting process will take place with a selection panel made up of the IDG Executive, a MAPS board member and a representative from the Department for Work and Pensions. Appointments will be announced in the early autumn.

Further details about the criteria and application process can be found here: https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/pensions-dashboard/pensions-dashboards-industry-delivery-group/

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Notes to editors

The role of the MAPS in delivering the Pensions Dashboard
Following the Department for Work and Pensions feasibility study and consultation on pensions dashboards, the Money and Pensions Service has been asked to take a leading role in delivery. MAPS will lead the delivery of the initial phase of the pensions dashboards and will bring together a delivery group made up of stakeholders from across the industry, consumer groups, regulators and government. The delivery group will be accountable to the MAPS board, and MAPS are in turn accountable to the Department for Work and Pensions.

About the Money and Pensions Service
The Money and Pensions Service vision is people making the most of their money and pensions.

The new organisation brings together the free services delivered by the Money Advice Service, The Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise.

The Arms-Length organisation is sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions, with a joint commitment to ensuring that people have access and guidance to the information they need to make effective financial decisions over their lifetime. The organisation also engages with HM Treasury, which is responsible for policy on financial capability and debt advice.

Working hand-in-hand with stakeholders throughout the UK, the Money and Pensions Service ensures that money and pensions guidance is available to those that need it, adapting to people’s changing needs throughout their lives, offering services and appointments over the telephone, online and in person where appropriate.

For further information for stakeholders, they should visit the Money and Pensions Service website www.moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk

Consumers can continue to access free guidance about their money and pensions via the following websites and help lines:

www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk 0800 138 7777

www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk 0800 011 3797

https://www.pensionwise.gov.uk/en 0800 138 3944