Joanna Matthews

Joanna is a professional independent trustee and Chair of the Trustee Board at Verity Trustees Limited.

Joanna has extensive experience of chairing large and high-profile pension schemes and brings a wealth of expertise in areas including funding and investment strategy and regulatory and stakeholder engagement. 

She has worked with Capital Cranfield Trustees since 2006, representing them as Chair of Trustees on a number of schemes, such as NatWest and the Civil Aviation Authority, ranging in asset size up to £56bn.

Joanna trained originally with Clifford Chance and was a partner with Sacker & Partners before working with Capital Cranfield. As chair of trustees or co-trustee, she seeks to ensure that the scheme is run smoothly and professionally with excellent governance.

Joanna has recently helped schemes navigate sensitive issues such as mergers, buy ins, ESG challenges and complex funding and investment arrangements. She brings both her legal expertise and her experience as a trustee to bear in enabling her trustee boards to find pragmatic solutions to the challenges they encounter.