David Fairs

I joined LCP as a Partner in April 2023, having previously been Executive Director for Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice at the Pension Regulator. During that time, I co-chaired the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and was Lead Executive for Climate Change. I oversaw the development and implementation of Policy in relation to the Pension Schemes Act 2021, as well the interim guidance for Superfunds. I also lead on a number of key policy initiatives including TPR’s response to the September 2022 market turbulence around LDI, TPR’s guidance on fiduciary management, professional pension trustee accreditation, covid related guidance and co-ordinated with HM Treasury and DWP on the response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.  

Whilst at the Regulator, I was also Chair of the Pensions Working Group and Committee Member of the Joint Forum for Actuarial Regulation, a member of the Regulators’ Stewardship Group, the Productive Finance Working Group, and a member of the Portfolio Committee for oversight of the Pensions Dashboard.

I am Chair of the Pensions Administration Standards Association, an Honorary Professor at Durham University Business School, Chair of the Genomics Development Board of Sarcoma UK, an advisory Board member of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Essex University, a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute and Chair of the Advisory Board for a joint PPI / Kings College research project into CDC.