DWP announces appointment of Kirstin Baker as interim chair of TPR
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced the appointment of Kirstin Baker as the interim chair of The Pensions Regulator (TPR), effective from 1 August 2025, for a period of up to nine months. Baker, who currently serves as TPR’s Senior Independent Board Member, will succeed Sarah Smart, whose term as chair has concluded, while a competition is undertaken for the next full-term chair. The appointee brings extensive experience from previous roles at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and HM Treasury, where they were awarded a CBE for work during the banking crisis. In the interim role, the chair will receive annual remuneration of £73,840, based on a minimum time commitment of 104 days.