Who are the Trustee Directors?

The DHL Group Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is the company-sponsored pension plan for UK employees of DHL; the assets of the Plan are legally separate from DHL although we work closely with DHL as the company that supports the scheme.

The Plan is managed by DHL Trustees Limited (the “Trustee”) and the Trustee is made up of 10 directors: four Member Nominated Directors, four Company Appointed Directors and two Independent Directors. (Note that the Law Debenture Pension Trust Corporation P.L.C. was appointed on 30 April 2009 as an independent professional trustee and the two appointees serve as a single Trustee Director and serve as Law Debenture’s representatives on the Trustee board). The Trustee is separate from DHL and makes decisions independently.

It is the Trustee’s job to make sure that the Plan is in a robust shape in the interests of its members, in accordance with the Plan’s Trust Deed and Rules, legislation and guidance.

What do the Trustee Directors do?

The Trustee Directors are responsible for managing the Plan and paying out benefits due to members. With that in mind, they work to ensure:

That benefits are paid out to members correctly, and on time;
That all Plan assets are managed and invested;
Proper and accurate records are kept which detail members’ benefit entitlements;
Members are kept informed about their benefits and Plan governance;
Regular assessments and valuations of the Plan’s funding position are made with the help of their advisers;
And the Plan is run in line with the Plan rules and applicable legislation.

Who are your Trustees?

P.F. Trustee Ltd represented by

Peter Flanagan

Trustee Chair

	Date Appointed	1 May 2020
	Sub-committees	Chair of the Strategy Committe
		Chair of the Funding and Investment Strategy Committee (FISC)
		Member of the Investment Implementation Committee (IIC)

Law Debenture represented by

Samantha Pitt

Independent Professional Trustee

	Date Appointed	1 November 2018
	Sub-committees	Chair of the Defined Contribution Committee (DCC)
		Member of the Strategy Committee
		Member of the Pensions Operations Committee (POC)
		Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (ARMC)

Law Debenture represented by

Natalie Winterfrost

Independent Professional Trustee

	Date Appointed	1 November 2022
	Sub-committees	Chair of the Investment Implementation Committee (IIC)
		Member of the Strategy Committee
		Member of the Funding and Investment Strategy Committee (FISC)

Mike Broome

Member Nominated Director

	Date Appointed	1 November 2019
	Sub-committees	Member of the Pensions Operations Committee (POC)
		Member of the Defined Contribution Committee (DCC)

Mike Dunn

Member Nominated Director

	Date Appointed	1 November 2020
	Sub-committees	Member of the Investment Implementation Committee (IIC)
		Member of the Pensions Operations Committee (POC)
		Member the Audit and Risk Management Committee (ARMC)

Brian Mabbott

Member Nominated Director

	Date Appointed	1 November 2019
	Sub-committees	Member of the Pensions Operations Committee (POC)
		Member of the Funding and Investment Strategy Committee (FISC)

Rob Simpson

Member Nominated Director

	Date Appointed	1 November 2020
	Sub-committees	Member of the Defined Contribution Committee (DCC)

Tony Chapman

Company Appointed Director

	Date Appointed	1 May 2018
	Sub-committees	Chair of the Pensions Operations Committee (POC)
		Member of the Investment Implementation Committee (IIC)
		Member of the Funding and Investment Strategy Committee (FISC)
		Member of the Strategy Committee

Jo Coppinger

Company Appointed Director

	Date Appointed	1 January 2022
	Sub-committees	Member of the Defined Contribution Committee (DCC)

Markus Wittum

Company Appointed Director

	Date Appointed	12 June 2014
	Sub-committees	Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (ARMC)
		Member of the Strategy Committee

Emma Taverner

Company Appointed Director

	Date Appointed	1 June 2023
	Sub-committees	Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (ARMC)