Looking after the Scheme

Grant is a fully accredited member of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees and a member of the Pensions Management Institute. He has 23 years’ pensions experience built through a variety of senior roles, including as sole corporate trustee, chair and co-trustee of many schemes.

He has chaired many trustee boards and enjoys working with his co-trustees to promote productive relationships with sponsors and advisers, with pension scheme members at the heart of everything he does. Grant is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and sits on the Council of the Society of Pensions Professionals.

Grant enjoys spending time with his husband and their three cats and can be found most early mornings out on a run.

Colin works in Barrow Mill as the Engineering Technical Leader. He’s been employed at Barrow Mill for 40 years by three different companies – Bowater-Scott, Scott Ltd and Kimberly-Clark. A trained process engineer, his career has included a variety of technical, engineering and team leadership roles.

For the last six years, Colin has been an MND of the Scheme. As an active deferred member of the DB Section, he not only has a vested interest in ensuring the correct level of funding and longevity of the Scheme but also a desire and commitment to apply the same level of stewardship to the DC Section.

Colin has been married for 29 years and has two sons.

Paul started work with Kimberly-Clark in 1992, with the opening of the Barton Mill, and worked there until it closed in 2013, when he took early retirement. Before joining Kimberly-Clark, Paul had a 20-year career in the shipping industry.

He was elected MND for Barton Mill in 2007, a role he held until the Mill closed. He returned to the Trustee board in 2014, when he was elected by the pensioner members as MND. He is currently in his third five-year term in this role.

Paul has been married for over 30 years and has one son.

Christine worked for Kimberly-Clark until 2019, where she carried out a number of different roles across the finance and HR functions. She acted as a Company-appointed Trustee Director for four years, in addition to her role as Pensions Manager and Scheme Secretary.

Since leaving Kimberly-Clark, Christine had a short spell as Pensions and Benefits Manager at Mencap before taking up her current position as Pensions Manager for Atkins Ltd.

Christine has been an MND of the Kimberly-Clark Pension Scheme since 2022. Her previous and current roles have allowed her to build up extensive pensions knowledge and an understanding of the challenges facing members and the Scheme. She is also a CIMA-qualified accountant.

After graduating from Edinburgh University in the early 80s, Adam spent two years with a UK brewing company on a management trainee programme before taking an opportunity to join Kimberly-Clark UK in 1986 on their finance graduate recruitment scheme.

Following a 30-year career with Kimberly-Clark, mainly in the finance department, Adam retired in 2016. He served as a Trustee Director between 2000 and 2007 and returned to Trustee duties in 2015 when he was appointed Chair. Adam stepped down as Chair in 2023 but continues to act as a Company-appointed Trustee Director.

Adam is married and has two children. He enjoys reading, golfing and walking his dogs.

Saul works as the Planning Leader for Czech sites. He has been with Kimberly-Clark for 10 years, working across a variety of roles, sectors and geographies in Supply Chain. 

Saul has been a Trustee Director for six years, first as an MND and now as a Company-appointed Trustee Director. As a deferred DC Section member, he has a vested interest in ensuring the Scheme is well managed, alongside a desire to help others plan better for their retirement.

Saul lives in Reigate with his partner and two young children.