Barnett Waddingham’s SIPP business board has appointed SIPP market expert Mark Smith as an independent non-executive director.

He will champion customer interest in response to the FCA’s Consumer Duty regulations.
Mr Smith has more 35 years' experience in financial services and the personal pensions industry.
He is currently a founder, director and NED of several businesses and spent 10 years at Mattioli Woods as a main board director, ending as chief operating officer in 2018,.
There he had responsibility for delivering the group’s services to its clients including oversight of all Financial Conduct Authority regulatory requirements.
Simon Foster, chief executive at BW SIPP, said: “With Consumer Duty as a key priority, Mark’s experience at board level will be invaluable.
“He will give us an extra layer of challenge to ensure we consider customers fully in our business decisions.”
Mark Smith said: “BW has a great reputation in the SIPP market and a clear vision and ambition to remain a market leader in terms of both its proposition and growing the business. I look forward to working with the team.”