About us
Chris Hitchen
Chair
Re-appointed in August 2025 by the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
Chris is an actuary with over 38 years of experience in investing assets to meet long-term liabilities.
As well as the Nuclear Liabilities Fund, he sits on the Board of the Scott Trust Endowment Ltd, which backs the Guardian and Observer newspapers.
Chris is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. He is also a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute and is an Honorary Fellow and member of the Fellowship Committee of the CFA UK Ltd.
Chris is a Consultant with Avida International and also with JPES; is a NED with The Pensions Regulator and is a Pension Committee member for the 1994 Pensioners Section and the British Rail Superannuation Fund.
Chris is a former Chair of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association and in 2012 was appointed by BEIS as an advisor to Professor John Kay for his review of short-termism in the UK stock market. For almost 20 years, Chris led Railpen, the £30 billion industry-wide pension scheme for the UK rail industry.