Executive Director, Operations

Dan Bown is responsible for Operations in MPS including business processes, quality, systems and IT, membership services, office services, case administration and co-ordination of the international business.

Prior to joining MPS Dan worked with Circle Partnership in UK private and NHS hospitals. Previously he worked for 12 years in a variety of Operational and General Management roles with DHL International. He has lived and worked in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Belgium and Germany where he was Global Operations Director for DHL International.

Before starting his commercial career he served with The British Army. He has a degree from Reading University and an MBA from London Business School.

Chief Executive

Simon Kayll became CEO of MPS in 2012, having previously served as Finance Director for MPS since 1999. As Chief Executive, Simon is responsible for leading MPS to implement the strategy developed by Council. This includes:

• Promoting and maintaining the values of MPS
• Regularly reviewing MPS’s risk assessment procedures
• Overseeing all major operational issues
• Monitoring the company's financial performance. 

Simon is also a Director of MPI and MPSrs.

Simon gained a BA (Hons) in accounting and economics at Oxford Brookes University, before going on to achieve an MBA at Manchester Business School. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Simon qualified as an accountant with RSM Robson Rhodes LLP and spent a number of years as a management consultant, specialising in the financial service and legal sectors.

Executive Director, Finance and Risk

Howard’s role covers all aspects of the financial management of MPS which include the relationships with our fund managers and oversight of the internal audit managers.

As Finance Director, Howard is also responsible for overseeing all aspects of investment, membership, internal audit and compliance, as well as MPS’s wholly-owned subsidiary company, MPS Risk Solutions Limited (MPSrs).

Howard has over 20 years' experience in financial services, having originally graduated in Mathematics from the University of Leeds (UK). He has experience in the mutual sector and with one of the UK’s leading insurance companies where he was finance director of their personal finance subsidiary. He has had extensive involvement in investment, credit management and capital markets and is a qualified corporate treasurer.

He has also been closely involved in economic development in the Leeds city region and has promoted the financial and professional service sector internationally, including lobbying at local and national government level.

Executive Director of Human Resources

Beverley Proctor joined MPS in July 2016 as Director of HR before being promoted to Executive Director in March 2017. She has responsibility for the development and delivery of our HR and Talent & Development strategy, which aims to develop highly engaged and technically excellent people who feel able to achieve their full potential.

Prior to joining MPS, she held senior HR roles at Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, leading on the organisational development of their Transformational Programme across logistics, manufacturing, e-commerce, and head office functions. She has also served as HR Director at Direct Line Group’s Green Flag and UKI Partnerships (B2B), involved in the acquisitions and integration of multiple companies in their portfolio. Through her tenure, she ensured the Training and Competency frameworks, processes, and systems were established to meet regulatory requirements.

She has over 20 years’ expertise in Organisational Development, Change Management, HR Mergers and Acquisitions, HR Strategy, Strategic Organisation Design, Change Leadership and Talent and Performance Management. 

Executive Director, Professional Services

Dr Sandhu joins MPS from Aetna International, a global health benefits provider head quartered in the USA, where he was Medical Director & Head of Business Development. He spent over seven years working with governments to create and expand robust health care systems.

In this international role, Dr Sandhu worked across health policy, clinical governance, business development and strategy, as well as designing and launching Aetna’s international care management programmes in multiple geographies. Dr Sandhu trained at the University College London and was a General Practitioner before serving as a Clinical Advisor to the Department of Health. He also holds a MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA.

Executive Director, Member Engagement 

Mark Randerson studied at Newcastle, Surrey, Humberside and Hull Universities gaining BSc Hons, MSc in Management, MBA and a PG DipM.  

Having trained in general management, Mark broadened his experience through senior roles in strategy, sales, marketing and customer service for BUPA, RAC Group, HBOS and GE.

Mark spent the last 10 years working in senior leadership roles in the fast-paced entrepreneurial / private equity backed sector focusing on companies with an appetite for growth or strategic transformation that specialised in financial services, insurance and healthcare sectors, joining MPS in 2015.

General Counsel

As General Counsel, David is responsible for providing and obtaining legal advice on a wide range of corporate legal issues affecting the MPS group. He is a director of The MPS Periodical Payments Trust and the company secretary for MPS, MPI and MPSrs. He is also secretary to the Ethics Committee of Council.

David obtained a law degree at Leeds University in the UK before completing his Law Society finals at the College of Law at Lancaster Gate London.

He qualified as a solicitor in 1990 in private practice and then moved in-house. Before joining MPS in June 2011, he spent over 20 years as in-house counsel in the IT, finance, banking and not for profit sectors including roles at international organisations and UK and US listed companies.