ACCESS Support Unit

Kevin McDonald leads the ACCESS Support Unit. His role is to lead the ASU in supporting the Joint Committee, Officer Working Group and Section 151 Officers.

As Contracts Manager, Mark Paget brings a wealth of experience in both public and private sectors and is responsible for the provision of commercial insight and direction in respect of procurement, contract management and supplier relationships to the ACCESS Pool. Mark has previously been an Administrator of a Pension Fund, Trustee and more, recently, was a member of the Essex Pensions Advisory Board.

Alistair Coyle has experience in Corporate and Local Government Pension Schemes. He has previously worked in client relations, focusing on launching funds across a wide-range of asset classes, running transitions, manager searches and project management. 

Dawn Butler provides the administration support to the ASU Programme Director, Contracts Manager, Client Manager and Technical Leads including the organisation and co-ordination of meetings, providing technical support and a wide range of administrative support. Dawn has previously worked in senior project management and governance roles in the private sector financial services arena.

Sallie Wilson joined the ASU from the healthcare sector and provides the administration support to the ASU Programme Director, Contracts Manager, Client Manager and Technical Leads. Her main role is to organise and co-ordinate meetings and, as well as providing technical and administrative support to stakeholders, she also contributes a layer of scrutiny to financial aspects of the Operator contract.

The Technical leads are part time virtual roles from within the ACCESS Pension Funds which makes best use of Officers skills and expertise, to benefit the ACCESS Pool.