Mark Folwell

I am an actuary and partner in LCP’s pensions team with over 30 years’ pensions experience, helping trustees across a wide range of pension scheme scenarios and industry sectors.

I am a hands-on Scheme Actuary. I take a pragmatic approach, with a passion for keeping things simple and giving clear recommendations, to help trustees achieve their objectives in the evermore complex world of pensions. My clear communication style and having a good relationship with trustees, and with sponsoring employers, is key to achieving good outcomes for scheme members.  

I work with trustees across a full range of pensions issues, with a particular focus on helping to establish joined-up funding and investment strategies, proactively guiding trustees through their de-risking journeys.   

This includes a number of recent buy-ins and buy-outs, which included innovative solutions in some instances which has enabled many of my schemes to reach the end of their de-risking journey sooner, and at lower cost, than expected. 

I also have extensive experience of “distressed” schemes, with several recent examples of achieving much better outcomes for members than initially anticipated.