{"id":2505,"date":"2023-09-29T14:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isio.com\/?post_type=person&#038;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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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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