Scottish Widows Workplace Savings Podcast
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Scottish Widows Workplace Savings - entertaining data driven and sometimes offbeat stories about what’s going on in workplace savings. Ideal for people involved in or interested in pensions.
Guests include Pension Ministers, CEOs, Employee Benefit Consultants, Employers, Trustees - stories from the frontline of Workplace Pensions hosted by an award winner - 2025 Pension Marketer of the year Robert Cochran.
Pension Dashboards, Legislation, Customer Stories, Trustee Views, Private Markets and VFM, AI and Tik Tok- all feature in recent episodes.
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Recent Episodes
2026 Scottish Widows Retirement Report – Part 1
In this episode, Pete Glancy, Head of Pensions Policy, joins Robert Cochran to unpack Part 1 of the Scottish Widows 22nd UK Retirement Report, revealing that 31% of UK adults (12.2 million) are on…
Investment Expert and Accidental Trustee
In this episode, we explore a period of major change in workplace pension investing — from evolving default funds and increasing private market exposure, to Value for Money reforms and new retirement…
Trustee superpower - Operations Management Activated
What’s it like to step into a Master Trust Trustee role? Joanne Fairburn has the answers. She joins Robert Cochran and Sharon Bellingham to share fresh insights from her extensive pensions career…
A record-breaking pension minister shares his highs and lows
Guy Opperman on Pensions Dashboards, CDC, Auto-Enrolment & the Future of UK Retirement Saving Description: In this episode of the Scottish Widows podcast, former UK Pensions Minister Guy Opperman…
Pension Dashboard – the new phase
In this 20‑minute live episode, Robert Cochran speaks with Chris Curry, Principal of the Pension Dashboard programme and Adam Gifford, who is leading on customer research. In front of an audience of…
CEO Time - Tigers to Agents
Scottish Widows CEO Chira Barua joins the podcast like a whirlwind to share how he is driving forward the business - we dive into: Personal highlights of 2025 - including app numbers, trust pilot…
AI & Humans: Elevating Customer Service to New Heights
Discover how 2,500 customer‑facing colleagues, powered by cutting‑edge AI, are delivering exceptional support at the moments that matter most. With soaring Trustpilot scores and personalised,…
AI x Workplace Pensions - what can schemes do to improve what members see?
AI is changing how people engage with pensions - whether they’re seeking advice, researching pensions schemes, or making workplace decisions. In our latest podcast Robert Cochran is joined by award…
The Chair Story
In this Trustee Special we hear directly from long time Trustee and Chair of the Scottish Widows Master Trust Jonathan Reynolds. Along with Sharon Bellingham we talk about the excitement of changes…
Over the Fence from TPR to Trustee
What's it like to move into a Master Trust Trustee role? I'm joined by Sharon Bellingham as we talk to Mike Birch, ex of the Regulator and newest Trustee on the Scottish Widows Master Trust. He…
21 Years of the Scottish Widows Women and Retirement Report
Welcome to 21 Years of the Scottish Widows Women in Retirement Report, a special series exploring women’s financial futures beyond the numbers. Over two decades of insights have shown us that…
James Biggs - Mr Positive
James Biggs reflects on 35 years of helping people with their finances. He's a brilliant storyteller, he loves people, and he's a nonstop innovator. Hear about how he launched EBC TV, being played on…
TikTok - A Pensions Deep Dive
With over 30 million UK users and the meteoric rise of #FINTOK revolutionising the world of finance comms, it's time to go deep. I'm joined by James Bowyer of TikTok and Scott Stevenson of Scottish…
Mithesh Varsani: An Investment Innovator
Mithesh, Head of Investment Solutions at Scottish Widows, shares his fascinating journey from the world of investment start-ups to bringing his private markets expertise to Scottish Widows. He walks…
Scottish Widows' Retirement Report - Love has its dividends
The Scottish Widows' Retirement Report sent shockwaves through the media, with the startling revelation that 39%* of the UK population may fall short of a basic standard of living in retirement. In…
Kevin Doran - A CIO With A Plan
Scottish Widows' Chief Investment Officer is shaking up the way hundreds of billions of pounds of assets are managed, focusing on customer behaviour and a goal to get the UK thinking more like a…
Digital Inclusion: How Savvy Are You?
Join us as we explore the UK’s largest study of digital and financial lives. In this episode Robert Cochran is joined by special guests Jemma Waters, Head of Customer Inclusion for Lloyds Banking…
Pension Dashboard(s) Live
Recorded in front of a live audience of Employers. Robert Cochran is joined by Pension Dashboard experts Chris Curry and Richard Smith. They have an interactive discussion about dashboards: where the…
EBC to Retiree
Damian Stancombe, an award-winning pension personality and one of the most interesting characters in workplace savings, joins me for this fascinating podcast. It's a game of two halves. In the first…
Empowering Financial Futures: International Women’s Day
Join us for a special International Women’s Day podcast hosted by Jill Henderson, Head of Workplace Strategic Relationships, Jackie Leiper, Managing Director at Scottish Widows, and her daughter…
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Scottish Widows Workplace Savings Podcast has published 42 episodes since May 2023, covering topics in Business.
Scottish Widows Workplace Savings Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 41m.
