Governance of the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Scheme
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is the administering authority for the Fund responsible for all aspects of managing the Fund including receipt of employers' and employees' contributions, payment of benefits, investment of the Fund's assets and maintaining financial records.
The Royal Borough has delegated its responsibilities as administering authority to the Berkshire Pension Fund Panel comprising of five elected Councillors:
Councillor John Lenton (Chairman)
Councillor David Hilton (Vice-Chairman)
Councillor Duncan McBride
Councillor Paul Brimacombe
Councillor Peter Comber
The Berkshire Pension Fund Advisory Panel consisting of the five Royal Borough Councillors, elected Councillors from each of the other five unitary authorities in the Fund, representatives from two of the larger non-local authority employers and two trade union representatives supports the Pension Fund Panel. The current composition of the Advisory Panel is:
Councillors Lenton, Hilton, McBride, Brimacombe and Comber (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead)
Councillor Worrall (Bracknell Forest Borough Council)
Councillor Ruhemann (Reading Borough Council)
Councillor Bains (Slough Borough Council)
Councillor Mooney (West Berkshire Council)
Councillor Deegan (Wokingham Borough Council)
Ms Dhoot (Thames Valley University)
Messrs Menzies-Conancher (Thames Valley Probation Board), Ms Nicholls (UNISON) and Ms Thomas (GMB).
