Mike Stevens

Mike has experience of providing employer covenant advice to both pension trustees and corporates since 2010.

His expertise includes:

• Reviewing employer covenant for scheme valuations, with particular focus on the identification of key areas of risk in the covenant and funding strategy, in order to develop an approach that ensures risks are monitored and managed between valuations;
• Assisting clients through transactions and M&A activity focussing on assessing and evaluating the impact on the employer covenant and considering any mitigation that might be required; and
• A detailed understanding of tPR’s approach to integrated risk management and assisted with the drafting of tPR’s guidance during a 6 month secondment as a Business Analyst in their DB team.
• Mike also has considerable experience of the DC master trust market and their financial sustainability requirements having helped a number of master trusts through successful authorisation applications.

His focus is on supporting clients in the mid-market space, providing covenant advice that is flexible, proportionate and tailored to their individual requirements.