David Brennan

Head of Pensions

David joined the department in September 2007. He has worked in pensions since 1989 in a variety of positions, joining from The Rank Group plc where he was Director of Group Benefits Worldwide. He is married with a daughter and son.

Bob Bain

Deputy Head of Pensions (0207 695 8503)

Bob is Deputy Pensions Manager and responsible for administering the J Sainsbury Executive Pension Scheme. He has been with Sainsbury’s for about 25 years. Among his recent achievements he guided through the Combined Benefit Statement which forecasts State/Occupational benefits as part of the Government’s pilot study into encouraging more people to save for their retirement.

Elisabeth Karkar

Secretary to David Brennan and Bob Bain (0207 695 8502)

Elisabeth is Secretary to David Brennan and Bob Bain. She deals with general enquiries and is the person most colleagues will speak to when they phone the Pensions Department.

Gavin Coates

Pensions Administration Manager (0207 695 8510)

Gavin has worked for JS since September 1981. After almost five years in clerical roles within the meat buying department. He transferred to the pensions department in May 1986. He gained experience in a number of roles within the pensions department before taking up his current position of Administration Manager. Gavin is married with 3 children, he is a qualified FA coach and much of his free time is spent coaching football in the local community.

Steve Wherry

Pension Project Manager (Textphone)

Steve has been involved in the Pensions industry since 1985 starting with British Gas and has dealt with all aspects of pension administration, the mis-selling of personal pensions review and redundancy programmes. He has managed a number of major projects such as providing tri-valuation data, the development of pension software system and the production of annual benefit statements. Currently a Board member of UK Deaf Sport, the Government recognised Governing Body for Deaf sports .  Steve was actively involved in the inauguration of England Deaf Rugby Union. He is a life-long supporter of Bath Rugby and Plymouth Argyle and is married with three children. 

Donna Livingstone

Pensions Project Assistant Manager (0207 695 0461)

Donna has worked within the Pension industry for a number companies since 1996 in varied pension administration roles. Donna joined the Sainsbury's pension department in April 2006. She assists Steve Wherry with various projects including the production of annual benefit statements, she also responsible for the payroll interface. Donna is also involved with the development of the JS Stakeholder Scheme and works closely with Legal & General on a number of projects.

Tom Scott

Pensions Administration Officer (0207 695 8515)

Tom joined the pensions department in 1997 from Grant Thornton, having previously worked for British Railways and London Regional Transport Pensions Departments. Tom trained as an Actuary and has previously been responsible for supervision of the JS Stakeholder Pension Plans. He changed roles in 2007 and is now involved in the administration of the JS Pension and Death Benefit Scheme. Tom is a keen Sudoku and Crossword solver who has led the pensions team to victory in three SSA quiz competitions at Norwich House. Tom supports Enfield Town FC and Middlesex County Cricket Club.

Paula Bell

Pensions Administration Officer (0207 695 8512)

Paula Bell is on maternity leave.

Please contact Gavin Coates for retirement quotes and queries.

Carolyn Huie-Drummond

Pensions Administration Assistant (0207 695 8514)

Four colleagues in the Pensions department have BA degrees, and Carolyn is one of them with a degree in Sociology. Besides helping the department win inter-departmental quizzes, Carolyn assists Paula Bell with preparing benefit calculations for retiring colleagues. Carolyn has coaching qualification in netball, football and tennis, and has represented England in netball.

Paula Miller

Pensions Administration Assistant (0207 695 8506)

Paula deals with those members who want to transfer their benefits out of the pension scheme. The process is like buying a house – it usually takes longer than most people expect. This is no reflection on Paula who works hard on improving the service level to colleagues – it is the nature of the job, which involves in liasing with the other schemes to which the member wishes to transfer. Most schemes have differing rules and requirements!