Cushon expands senior leadership team to deliver the future roadmap

By Joy Dumasia

Cushon, a leading FinTech provider of workplace savings and pensions, has expanded its senior leadership team following a successful funding round in June 2021. Dom Manley, Head of Product, David Harvey, Master Trust Lead and Andy Aitken, Strategic Partnerships Director, are Joining the senior leadership team to support FinTech’s growth.

The new hires have an impressive collective experience within pensions totalling nearly 60 years and spanning master trust, Defined Contribution and adviser platforms. These appointments are set to ensure that the company can deliver on its ambitious roadmap, which has so far included the launch of the world’s first net-zero pension and a new investment strategy with 15% allocation to private markets and the first Defined Contribution pensions provider to deliver impact across 100% of its portfolio. The expanded team will drive further innovation by developing additional features and prioritisation, broadening the commercial opportunity, and increasing AUM for its net-zero pension with blue-chip companies.

Ben Pollard, CEO and Founder of Cushon, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Dom, David and Andy to the Cushon management team. They bring a tremendous wealth of experience across the workplace savings and pensions sector and will help us deliver on our ambitious growth targets. As a FinTech, we’re accelerating the use of technology and innovation in UK workplace savings and pensions, and critical to this is our people. All three new appointees bring a range of different skills to our existing team, ensuring we remain at the forefront of innovation in the sector.”

IBS Intelligence recently reported that The Trustees of the Cushon Master Trust, the world’s first net-zero pension, have unveiled their new investment strategy to further improve engagement levels and, ultimately, member outcomes. The new strategy, which launches in early 2022, will reduce investment risk as the world moves towards a greener future.