Lifestyle Article - WTW appoint two senior pensions industry hires

 McInally, based in Edinburgh, joins as a Director in the Retirement team, to lead investment strategy for WTW's Scottish Retirement clients. McInally brings a wealth of Investment experience as well as Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) expertise to further enhance Towers Watson’s pension scheme advisory breadth in the Scottish market.

 McInally joins from abrdn where he was a key member of the Solutions Team, focusing on DB and DC / CDC investment solutions, as well as driving new business initiatives. Prior to that, McInally spent over eight years at Mercer as a senior consultant specialising in DB investment. McInally chairs both the Institute & Faculty Of Actuaries (IFoA) CDC working party and the CDC Group with the Society Of Pension Professionals (SPP).

 Meighan joins as Head of Growth and Client Management in the global outsourcing business. A former partner at Hymans, she brings years of rich experience in the financial services sector, having held senior leadership roles in client management, sales and pension administration.

 Suzanne Vaughan, Head of Towers Watson’s Scottish Retirement team at WTW, said: "We are excited to welcome Keith and Heather to our flourishing team. The breadth of expertise brought by both senior hires further enhances the services WTW can provide in the Scottish market, with this addition of DB investment, CDC and outsourcing specialisms locally.”

 Both Keith and Heather joined WTW on 17 February 2025.