Meet the Pensions Board of Trustees

Pensions Board of Trustees

Following the election process for the vacancy of a Member Nominated Trustee in December 2022, the elected nominee is Nick Lawrence who will serve a three-year term of office.

Member Nominated Trustees

Nicky Grace

Nicky retired from the National Trust at the end of 2014 and now lives in Teesdale in County Durham. As well as the pension scheme, she is involved with the local arts centre and Darlington College.

Nicky’s life is also busy with walking, gardening, theatre, holidays and meeting new and old friends – including former colleagues.

Peter Nixon

Peter retired from the National Trust after 32 years in a variety of roles including Land agent, Regional Director, Chief agent and Director of Conservation.

More than 20 years on the executive team provided long experience of the operation of the National Trust pension scheme from the employer’s perspective and a deep appreciation of the importance of the scheme to its members.

His conservation interests continue, including as Chairman of Harper Adams University governing body, a Trustee of a conservation board for the Clinton Devon Estate, and until recently, a Non-Executive Director representing the Forestry Commission on the board of Forest Holidays.

Peter Pearce

Peter worked for the National Trust for 13 years as a land agent in the East Midlands and then southern regions, directing the restoration of Uppark in West Sussex after its devastating fire in 1989.

Afterwards he was Director of the Landmark Trust, the Edward James Foundation running West Dean College for the teaching of conservation and the arts in West Sussex, and the West Horsley Place Trust, created by Bamber Gascoigne to restore West Horsley Place in Surrey as a centre for the visual and performing arts and the teaching of crafts.