Vidett publishes 2025 sustainability, EDI & charity report
We’re pleased to publish our sustainability, EDI & charity report which highlights the positive impact our business had for our employees and our communities in 2025. Click below to read. For more information about our services, please visit our Sustainability page.
Vidett announce 14 internal promotions
We’re kicking off the new year on a high note, as 14 of our team step into newly promoted roles effective 1 January 2026. Congratulations to all the following: Alison Hatcher,Chief Client Officer Suzi Lowther, Chief Marketing Officer Ben Salmons, Client Director Rachel Marston, Associate Director Davinder Sira,Manager Emma Anderson, Manager Lisa Sweeney, Manager Malvina Price, Manager Sabrena Edmonds-Koydemir, Manager Tom […]
Vidett acquires Bridgehouse Company Secretaries – broadening governance services for the future
Vidett has today announced the acquisition of corporate governance firm Bridgehouse Company Secretaries in a move that demonstrates its clear intention for the Vidett group of businesses to be a leader in the governance market. Founded in 2005 by Ibi Eso, who will continue to lead the business, Bridgehouse specialises in outsourced corporate governance, risk […]
Congratulations to Becky Wood and Ben Salmons
It was a double celebration for Vidett this week, as Professional Pensions named two of our team winners at one of the pension industry’s most prestigious evenings! Becky Wood was named the Women in Pensions ‘Trustee of the Year’ after accolades including leading our Endgame Solutions team and helping set up the Endgame Perspectives Group, […]
Vidett Midlands move to new Birmingham office
We’re excited to confirm our Vidett Midlands team have moved to our new office at Five St Philips, Birmingham B3 2PW. Set in the heart of the prestigious Colmore Row district and overlooking Cathedral Square, our new Birmingham base is easily accessible and just a few minutes walk from Snow Hill train station. Pastures new […]
Vidett win Independent Trustee of the Year
Last night we were once again named ‘Independent Trustee of the Year’ at the UK Pensions Awards 2025 gala dinner in London. Retaining the award from our 2024 win, it was all smiles with the accolade representing another fantastic win for the entire Vidett team. On reflection of the brilliant win, chief executive Wayne Phelan […]
Promotions at Vidett
We’re delighted to start our new year off with some exciting announcements, following seven promotions within the team, all in effect from 1 January 2025. With that in mind, our congratulations go out to Claire Chamberlain, Karen Henderson, Matthew Wickett, Rich Ingham and Sarah Swindells, who all become associate directors, whilst Frances Hogan and Katie […]
Death-in-service: Inheritance tax & Budget impacts
Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget has aimed to “make the inheritance tax system fairer” by making changes to death-in-service rules and inheritance tax, such as adding tax to unspent pension pots. Will death-in-service payments paid via discretionary trusts be affected when the changes go into effect on 6 April 2027? How will you be affected? We […]
Vidett aid £250m buy-in of five schemes
We were once again thrilled to play our part in another buy-in, this time to the value of £250m, that saw the benefits for members of five separate schemes secured in the combined transaction. On the completion of the deal, client director James Double was happy to reflect: “We’ve been working intensely on this project […]
Welcoming new joiners: Hamza, Harriet and Rron
We have welcomed three new members to our team here at Vidett! Welcome Hamza Patel, Harriet Clayton, and Rron Hasani. Hamza has joined our Birmingham office as team personal assistant, providing essential administrative support in managing schedules, coordinating meetings, and handling travel arrangements to ensure the team runs as smoothly as possible. Hamza previously worked […]
Vidett win double at the PMI Pinnacle Awards
It was a brilliant night at the annual PMI Pinnacle Awards, and an extra special one for everyone at Vidett… as we were the proud recipient of not one, but two awards! The night started on a high, with our first win for the ‘Innovation in Trusteeship’ award. This was in recognition of our fiduciary […]
Vidett support Hospice UK through volunteering
With Hospice UK being our nominated charity this year, this month saw various members of the team donating their time to assist their shops in Birmingham, London and Scotland. The days saw us doing a bit of everything, both on the shop floor, and back in the stock rooms. From sorting donations to steaming clothes, […]
Vidett and Strengthscope®: avoiding overdrive risks on trustee boards
Harnessing the strengths of individuals is the key to working together and understanding our collective strengths within a team will create more effective trustee boards. Knowing this, we’ve recently collaborated with Strengthscope®, a company that helps people to better understand their strengths. Strengthscope® goes deeper than the strengths-based approach that is now well known in […]
Charity golf day raises £11,000 for National Amyloidosis Centre
In August of this year, almost 100 people attended a charity golf day in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, to raise awareness for Amyloidosis. Among these were our client directors Jim Robson and Tom Stockley. The event was organised by Dave and Archie Shannon in honour of their wife and mother Lisa who unfortunately passed away from Amyloidosis […]
Vidett Vikings set sail at Cosan’s charity regatta
The Vidett Vikings returned to the seas, as Helen Beckinsale, Duncan Willsher and Martin Collins were amongst the 120 participants taking part in Cosan Consulting’s annual charity regatta. Taking place in Lymington, the day started with breakfast rolls before the teams met their skippers and fellow sea-mates onboard their yachts, before competing in two separate […]
Lisa, Amanda & Jacob join Vidett
This month we welcome three new members to our team: Commenting on the appointments, our Chief Executive Wayne Phelan, said: “We are delighted to welcome three new highly experienced team members. Lisa and Amanda bring significant pension expertise having worked in high profile pension roles on a wide range of schemes. Jacob is a skilled […]
Vidett fundraise for Hospice UK at the Business Fives
Earlier this week, we entered a team at the Business Fives football tournament in Reading. Competing against 29 other teams, Kate Barette from the charity committee managed the team from the side lines, with the squad made up of Alex Francis (management accountant), Curtis Mitchell (client director), Jacob Seymour (senior management accountant), James Duggan (client […]
Vidett support The Turing Trust’s Kenya appeal
We were delighted to hear our partner – The Turing Trust – have recently shipped another container full of our refurbished IT equipment overseas. With our last donation in March, this container was filled with over 1,300 computers and relative equipment, ready to help students in Kenya start learning digital skills immediately. Through the trust’s partnership with Habitat […]
Vidett summer team day
We were excited to host our Vidett team day last week, that saw us get together to collaborate and celebrate our achievements as a team. The first part of the day saw us joined by Paul Mehra and Claire Graham from Strengthscope, who specialise in helping people recognise what their key work strengths are, that […]
Vidett welcome five new team members
We’ve grown our team with the appointment of five, fantastic new team members across the company. Catherine McLoughlin joins as a manager in the Governance team to support clients with governance, pensions, secretarial and project work. Previously Catherine worked at the Ministry of Justice for over six years on the Judicial Pensions and Legal Services […]
Wayne Phelan appointed sole CEO of Vidett
Following a Board level restructuring at Vidett Limited (“Vidett”), Wayne Phelan has been appointed as sole CEO of Vidett with immediate effect. Naomi L’Estrange will be leaving Vidett at the end of her notice period and taking time away from the business in the meantime. John Batting, Chairman of Vidett said “I look forward to […]
University of Manchester name Mandy Kaur-Sadler as new chair of trustees
We are thrilled to see client director Mandy Kaur-Sadler has been confirmed as the new chair of the University of Manchester’s trustee board, following the retirement of her predecessor Jon Ferns. Mandy was both delighted and privileged to take on this role; thanking Jon for all his hard work and dedication in the role previously. […]
Vidett expands UK team with four new appointments
We’re delighted to confirm four new joiners to our team! Nick Prouvost joins as client director in Manchester and will help Vidett provide a range of professional trustee services to clients, including investment strategy and endgame execution and planning. He joins from PwC where he was a senior manager in the investment team working with […]
Vidett win Independent Trustee of the Year!
We were thrilled to be named ‘Independent Trustee of the Year’ at the recent UK Pensions Awards. The win recognises a fantastic year for all, as the winners were announced at Professional Pensions’ gala dinner in London last week. In recognition of the award, our co-chief executive Wayne Phelan commented: “I can speak for everyone […]
Vidett expands team with new appointments across the UK
We’ve appointed three new team members as part of our ongoing UK expansion. Clare Routledge and Michael Smith join the Manchester office, while Rachel Marston strengthens the team in Birmingham. Clare joins as client director to work across Yorkshire and the North-East region, bringing 25 years’ experience of working with employers and trustees on a […]
Vidett to Race for Life this June
This June we’ll be joining Standard Life’s DB Solutions team, ready to take on the Race for Life. Taking place on Wednesday 5 June, from 7.30pm at London’s Battersea Park (SW11 4NJ), we’ll be taking on the 5k route via a run, walk or maybe even a skip… as we help raise vital funds to […]
Vidett donate to The Turing Trust
Since we formed Vidett back in February 2023, we have been working towards updating our company’s IT framework, which has seen all of our team’s laptops upgraded. This also meant we had some of our original equipment was left without a home. This is where The Turing Trust enters our story. Alan Turing You may […]
We are one!
We’ve been celebrating our first anniversary as Vidett! The last year has been an exciting time for everyone involved and a period of huge achievement. Together, we’ve: We’ve also been hosting our own local celebrations around the country, where we’ve caught up with almost 400 friends and colleagues. Check out some of the photos below! […]
Promotions at Vidett
It’s exciting times at Vidett as we announce several new promotions within the team. Our congratulations go out to a number of the team, with Geoff Winn promoted to Client Director, Alison Pearson and Shay Owode becoming Associate Directors, and Anne-Marie Blyth, Kat Gruenewald and Kate Barette are now Managers too. In the technology team, […]
Mike Birch to join Vidett from The Pensions Regulator
We’re delighted to announce Mike Birch will be joining us as a client director in April 2024 from The Pensions Regulator (TPR). His role with Vidett will see him move into professional trusteeship with a primary focus on defined benefit (DB) schemes with employers experiencing distress or undergoing corporate transactions. Mike has spent over eleven […]
Christmas Team Day
It’s the festive season, so this month was the perfect excuse to get the Vidett team together. Our co-chief executives Naomi L’Estrange and Wayne Phelan led the way, as they looked back at our achievements in 2023, and forward to the exciting year ahead! A huge thank you also went out to the team who made the day happen: Francoise Harper, Lisa […]
University of Birmingham: Business, Finance and Consultancy Fair
We were delighted to attend the University of Birmingham’s career networking event in October; taking place on campus, we set up a stand ready to have a chat with students who may be interested in a career in pensions with us. We had lots of interest in the stand, as Tom Stockley and Davinder Sira […]
Providing sponsors with certainty
Vidett’s inaugural ‘Risk Transfer Conference’ took place at Villa Park earlier this year; attracting over 200 attendees from across the pension industry. I hosted a fantastic session on ‘Providing sponsors with certainty’, where we discussed the vital role of sponsors in the risk transfer stage of a pension scheme’s life. On the day, I was […]
The human experience in risk transfer
Vidett recently held its inaugural ‘Risk Transfer Conference,’ which attracted over 200 attendees from across the pension industry. I hosted an interesting session focused on ’The Human Experience’ and was joined by speakers Joe Craig from Quietroom, Ariel Cecchi from Behavioural Finance and Jamie Dobbin from PIC. We discussed how people interact with the process […]