Barnett Waddingham appoints Nick Cooper as CEO of SIPP business

Barnett Waddingham (BW) has appointed Nick Cooper (pictured) as CEO of BW self-invested personal pension (SIPP).

Cooper steps up as the business shifts focus to market growth, following a planned transition from Simon Foster, who is retiring later this year.

Cooper has over 30 years’ experience in the self-invested personal pension and master trust markets, including international work.

Over the past year, he worked as head of self-invested personal pension proposition and played a key part in the transformation of BW self-invested personal pension. 

He was closely involved in developing the SIPP360 platform, a cloud-based administration system intended to give secure and scalable results for clients.

Before joining Barnett Waddingham, Cooper held senior roles at Aviva, Zurich and Clerical Medical, working on retirement propositions and strategic partnerships. 

He was also involved in building Embark Group’s SIPP for digital wealth and spent three years as head of master trust proposition for XPS and SEI.

Cooper said: “I’m excited to be leading BW SIPP at this pivotal moment as we transition from building our enhanced capabilities to driving market growth.