Ruston Smith has been appointed chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).
The new chairman, who is currently group pensions and insurable risk director at Tesco, will succeed Mark Hyde Harrison. His two-year tenure ends at the NAPF Annual General Meeting on 18 October.
Smith will assume his responsibilities after the AGM for a two-year term.
He has held a non-executive role at the NAPF since 2007 and is currently chairman of its council for retirement policy.