Helen Draper

I am a corporate focused actuary with over 20 years’ experience.

I help organisations develop strategies to both understand and manage the costs and financial risks associated with their pension schemes and maximise opportunities created by changes in the pensions landscape. My clear and approachable style combines technical expertise with an understanding of my clients’ commercial realities and wider strategic objectives. This enables my clients to make timely, well-informed decisions with confidence.

I am a strong believer in the potential of Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) schemes to transform retirement both for individual pensioners and society as a whole. I speak regularly on this subject. As a senior partner in LCP’s CDC practice, I talk regularly to both the Department of Work and Pensions and The Pensions Regulator on the development of UK CDC.  I am also working with several clients building their own CDC offering, including actuarial modelling of member outcomes and designing robust governance frameworks.

Outside of CDC, I have a broad range of corporate pensions expertise with particular specialisms in:

• Corporate strategy - I provide strategic corporate advice on areas including scheme funding negotiations, decisions around de-risking and use of surplus.
• M&A - I have significant experience advising on the pensions aspects of corporate transactions and restructurings, including carrying out due diligence and providing negotiation support.
• Pensions accounting - I provide accounting advice to several FTSE 100 companies, including some of the most material pension schemes in the UK (plus many others!)