{"id":2505,"date":"2023-09-29T14:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isio.com\/?post_type=person&p=2505"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:51:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:51:57","slug":"mike-smedley","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.isio.com\/person\/mike-smedley\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Smedley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"bg-white py-24 lg:py-40\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <p class=\"text-3xl md:text-4xl font-light leading-[3rem] lg:max-w-[75%] text-brandGreen-100\">\n For over 30 years I have focused on guiding a diverse range of clients including trustees, sponsors, investors and individuals. I like to understand the perspectives of all stakeholders and provide bespoke advice which reflects their situation and needs. As a Scheme Actuary I use this breadth of experience to give clear and practical advice that puts trustees in the driving seat \u2013 enabling them to make the best possible decisions for members. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n <section class=\"bg-brandGrey-100 py-24 lg:py-40 overflow-hidden bg-contain bg-no-repeat bg-left\" style=\"background-image: url('')\">\n <div class=\" container quoteSwiper overflow-hidden\">\n <div class=\"swiper relative\">\n <div class=\"swiper-wrapper mb-14\">\n\n <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n <div class=\"px-5 md:flex items-center md:gap-24 max-w-[500px] md:max-w-none md:w-3\/4\">\n <div class=\"text-left md:w-1\/2 \">\n <p class=\"text-brandGreen-100 text-[1.375rem] font-medium leading-6 mb-6 pQuote \"> I see my job as helping trustees and sponsors take control \u2013 sitting alongside them to make positive decisions that make a difference. <\/p>\n <p class=\"text-brandGreen-100 font-semibold \">Mike Smedley<\/p>\n <p class=\"quote-company text-base text-black font-light\">Partner<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"swiper-button-next right-[36%] md:right-[42%] -bottom-[55px] top-auto\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"swiper-button-prev left-[36%] md:left-[51%] -bottom-[55px] top-auto\"><\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"text-wrapper text-block small \">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>I am an experienced Scheme Actuary to schemes ranging from under \u00a320m in size up to \u00a33bn. Unusually, I\u2019ve spent half of my career advising corporates, so I\u2019m instinctively collaborative and commercial with my clients \u2013 ensuring trustees and corporates are aligned on their strategy. I\u2019ve worked in many complex or difficult situations that needed fresh ideas, helping clients achieve a number of \u201cfirsts\u201d \u2013 for example benefit changes, member options and asset-backed funding structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I take pride in putting my clients first \u2013 listening to their needs, giving proportionate advice to the circumstances and boiling complicated issues down to the key facts and decisions. Any advice is only as good as the way it\u2019s delivered, and I am equally comfortable in a FTSE 100 boardroom, lobbying MPs, or on a shop-floor communicating with members.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"get-in-touch md:h-[250px] bg-no-repeat bg-bottom xl:bg-left-bottom bg-brandGreen-light py-14 md:py-0\">\n\t<div class=\"container text-white flex flex-col md:flex-row items-center space-between h-full\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col xl:flex-row items-center md:items-start xl:items-center\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-left text-5xl xl:basis-[400px] mb-8 xl:mb-0\">Get in touch<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"text-2xl px-5 md:px-0 xl:basis-[320px] mb-6 md:mb-0\">Talk to us today to see how our bolder thinking can get you better results.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col xl:flex-row items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel: +44 (20) 7123 6000\" class=\"xl:w-[280px] font-semibold text-[26px] whitespace-nowrap\">+44 (20) 7123 6000<\/a>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6885,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"department":[13,37],"class_list":["post-2505","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","department-actuarial-and-consulting","department-partners"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - 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