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Abrdn Life and Pensions Limited
Pension funding
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 40
- Emma Catherine Herd 2022-2025 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Mackenzie 2022-2022 View profile
- Patrick David Bartlett 2020-2023 View profile
- Gary Robert Marshall 2019-2021 View profile
- Dr David John Paterson Hare 2017-2026 View profile
- Otto Thoresen 2017-2023 View profile
- Aron William Mitchell 2016-2026 View profile
- John Michael Brett 2012-2016 View profile
- Helen Margaret Webster 2012-2019 View profile
- Gordon Alexander White 2008-2016 View profile
- Alan George Blakeley 2008-2013 View profile
- William John Rattray 2005-2008 View profile
- Christopher Guthrie Little 2005-2017 View profile
- Philip Edward Skerrett 2005-2017 View profile
- Richard William Jocelyn 2005-2007 View profile
- Robin Charles Hindle Fisher 2005-2005 View profile
- Ian Philip Thompson 2002-2005 View profile
- Alastair Nicholas Cuming 2002-2004 View profile
- Mark Roth 2002-2003 View profile
- Simon David Peck 2002-2003 View profile
- David Alan Copley 2002-2004 View profile
- Neil Griffith Jones 2002-2002 View profile
- Dr Adrian Michael Lawrence 2002-2005 View profile
- Gerald Valentine Hough 1999-2002 View profile
- Neil Roy Dunford 1998-2002 View profile
- Henry Charles Benson 1998-1999 View profile
- Charles Bertram Golding 1998-2002 View profile
- Peter Thelen 1998-1998 View profile
- Thomas David Kingston 1998-2006 View profile
- David Grant Hargrave 1998-2006 View profile
- John Howard Webb 1998-2001 View profile
- Susanna Frances Davies 1998-1999 View profile
- Renz, Michael, Doctor 1998-2002 View profile
- Alistair Dougal Morrison 1998-2001 View profile
- Aberdeen Asset Management PLC 2005-2020 View profile
- Mark Pope 2005-2005 View profile
- Mary Josephine Margaret Mcnalty 2003-2006 View profile
- Adrian Brettell Dyke 2001-2005 View profile
- Annabel Katherine Goddard Withington 1998-2001 View profile
- Paul Arthur Hogwood 1998-2003 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Pension funding
- Incorporated
- 06/03/1998
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- Aberdeen Standard Investments Life and Pensions Limited (until 13/12/2021)
Aberdeen Asset Management Life and Pensions Limited (until 07/08/2019)
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Abrdn Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Abrdn Life and Pensions Limited
is controlled by Abrdn Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Abrdn Holdings Limited
is controlled by Aberdeen Group PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-08-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Aberdeen Group PLC.
165 other companies in this group
- Olive Storage Holdings LTD
- 30 Stma 4 Limited
- Abrdn Investments (General Partner UK Shopping Centre Feeder Fund LP) Limited
- Griffin Nominees Limited
- Aberdeen Standard Core Infrastructure III LTP LP
- Abrdn Investment Management Limited
- Aberdeen Investment Company Limited
- Aberdeen Corporate Secretary Limited
- Olive Storage Midco LTD
- Standard Life Investments (General Partner Global Tactical Asset Allocation) Limited
- Abrdn Global Sustainable Infrastructure IV UK Latam B Limited
- Abrdn Global Sustainable Infrastructure IV Carry LP
- Abrdn (General Partner Cred) Limited
- Aerof Henley Limited
- Abrdn Trustee Company Limited
- Abrdn (Cred II) GP Limited
- Abrdn (General Partner SCF I) Limited
- SC559545
- Rock Rail Moorgate (Holdings) Limited
- Aberdeen Standard European Infrastructure Partners Carry IV LP
- Rock Rail Moorgate PLC
- Olive Storage LTD
- SC559528
- Aberdeen UK Infrastructure Partners Carry LP
- SC559520
- Slci I Executive CO Investment Limited Partnership
- Abrdn (IL Infrastructure Debt) GP Limited
- Rock Rail Forest Holdco Limited
- Next Generation Rail Carry LP
- Aberdeen European Infrastructure Partners Carry II LP
- Abrdn (USA) Limited
- Aberdeen Infrastructure GP II Limited
- ASI HAN CO-Investment LP
- Aberdeen UK Infrastructure Carry GP Limited
- Slcp (General Partner Infrastructure Secondary I) Limited
- Rock Rail West Coast (Holdings) 2 Limited
- Abrdn Global Sustainable Infrastructure IV (Deeside) B Limited
- Edinburgh Fund Managers Group Limited
- Aberdeen Standard Gulf Carry GP Limited
- Asif Sidecar Carry LP
- Aberdeen Group Charitable Foundation
- SL Capital Infrastructure Secondary II LP
- Aberdeen Group Charitable Trust
- Rock Rail Main-Weser Parent Limited
- Aberdeen Global Infrastructure Carry GP Limited
- Standard Life Investments Brent Cross General Partner Limited
- Standard Life Investments (General Partner European Real Estate Club III) Limited
- Rock Rail Forest Limited
- ASI Direct RE GP LLP
- Aberdeen European Infrastructure Carry Limited
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
5 directors on the board
- Adam George Shanks Director · appointed 2025
- David Stephen Vallery Director · appointed 2023
- Douglas Forbes Vick Director · appointed 2023
- Philippa Jane Herz Director · appointed 2026
- John Kenny Crosbie Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- John Kenny Crosbie Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Adam George Shanks Director · appointed 2025
- David Stephen Vallery Director · appointed 2023
- Douglas Forbes Vick Director · appointed 2023
- Philippa Jane Herz Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Aron William Mitchell Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
- Dr David John Paterson Hare Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03526143
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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