July 2025
CHIVAS BROTHERS PENSION SCHEME NEWSLETTER
Contacting the Scheme Administrator - Aptia
If you have any questions about the Scheme, need to request any forms, view Scheme documents or you need to advise us of a change to your contact details, your first port of call should be:
Online pensionuk.aptia-group.com
Or by post: The Trustee of the Chivas Brothers Pension Scheme c/o Mercer Limited Maclaren House Talbot Road Stretford Manchester M32 0FP
You can also go online via the Aptia member portal to view scheme information and your benefit statement.
As a reminder Aptia aims to meet the following service level agreements:
- Leavers (Deferreds) completed within 10 working days.
- Retirement Quotations completed within 11 working days. Retirement settlements completed within 13 working days.
- Transfer Out Quotations completed within 20 workings days. Transfer Out Settlements completed within 15 working days.
- Divorce basic information request - 20 working days. Divorce PSO Response & Valuation - 35 working days. Divorce Valuation request - 15 working days.
Please note these timescales are subject to change if you are paying Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs), as Aptia require AVC data which would need to be provided by either Utmost or Aviva.
The Trustee
The Trustee Board is made up of six Trustee Directors, including the Chair. There are four Company nominated Trustee Directors and two member nominated Trustee Directors.
Company nominated Trustee Directors
- S Macnab – Chairman
- L McCulloch
- S Keegan (resigned 7 July 2024)
- S Cowan (appointed 8 July 2024)
- Scottish Pension Trustees (represented by Candia Kingston)
Member-nominated Trustee Directors
- J Moir
- D Neill
Trustee Secretary
James Melsa Mercer Limited james.melsa@mercer.com
Advisers to the Scheme
Scheme Actuary Mark Whitcombe, FIA, Mercer Limited
Independent Auditor Mazars LLP (resigned 29 February 2024)
Coopers Parry Group Limited (appointed 6 March 2024)
Legal Adviser Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP
Banker Barclays Bank Plc
Pension Consultant Mercer Limited
Administrator Aptia UK Limited
Investment Managers Ares Management LLC
CQS (appointed 1 March 2024)
Abrdn
Schroders Investment Management Limited
M&G Plc (appointed 7 December 2023)
Investment Consultant Isio Group Limited