Ian Linden , James Hay Partnership

Ian has been involved in financial services for over 30 years, with the early part of his career working in national IFA firms. His breadth of experience and knowledge extends to managing a centralised operations centre, project management and both sales and senior sales management.

He subsequently moved into consultancy with asset management companies and IFA firms before taking time out to complete an MBA, majoring in strategy. On completion of his postgraduate qualification, he held business development roles with a number of specialist pension providers. His current role is Technical Manager, Pensions with James Hay Partnership.

Ian regularly presents on pension tax legislation topics at national conferences and seminars, as well as writing technical articles for the industry press.

Ian is married with three daughters. As an escape, he rides his road bike and is involved in running a local cycling club. As a keen cyclist, he is an adherent of the philosophy that the optimum number of bikes to own is n+1, where n is the current number of bikes you own. His wife strongly disagrees with this philosophy. In a similar vein, WFH is the bane of his life, as he can no longer get surreptitious packages of new cycling gear delivered without Mrs L knowing.


Subsequently he moved into consultancy with asset management companies and IFA firms before taking time out to complete an MBA, majoring in strategy. On completion of his postgraduate qualification, he held business development roles with a number of specialist pension providers. His current role is Technical Manager, Pensions with James Hay Partnership.

Ian regularly presents on pension tax legislation topics at national conferences and seminars, as well as writing technical articles for the industry press.

Apart from his MBA, he holds the Diploma in Financial Planning from the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Retirement Provision Certificate from the Pension Management Institute.