JEFF HOUSTON

Independent Adviser

Jeff has over 40 years’ experience in public sector pensions. He started his career at Merseyside Pension Fund before moving to London where he held a variety of posts with several Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) administering authorities. In 2011, Jeff took on the role of head of pensions at the Local Government Association where he was responsible for the development of national and European policy for public service pensions in particular, the funded Local Government and the unfunded Teachers and Firefighters schemes. In 2015 Jeff became secretary to the Local Government Pension Scheme Advisory Board (England and Wales). During his time with the LGA, Jeff served on a number of national and international boards including the EU Social Protection Taskforce and The FCA’s Institutional Disclosure Working Group and the Cost Transparency Initiative. Since April 2022, in an independent capacity, he has taken on a number of other project-based governance, policy and recruitment roles for a number of LGPS funds and pools. He also works part time with Barnett Waddingham LLP as a senior pensions consultant in the public sector team.