David Cooper is the executive director responsible for group marketing and distribution at Just Retirement. He has spent over 25 years working in the financial services sector, including at Just Retirement for the last five years.
In March 2011, Just Retirement became the 18th sponsoring product provider for Origo, the standards, and services body for eCommerce in the UK financial services industry. As an Origo sponsor, Just Retirement helps steer Origo’s activities and provide their expertise on identifying and resolving cross-industry issues. Just Retirement is also currently involved in Origo’s At Retirement Standards, Options Pensions Transfer Service, and Data Matching Service.
David Cooper, marketing and distribution director at Just Retirement, said: “I am pleased to join the board of Origo, a key industry organisation, which addresses important cost and efficiency issues in the life pensions and investment sectors.
“Just Retirement continues to invest in technology and product innovation across the industry and recently became a sponsoring product provider of Origo and is also contributing to a number of other Origo projects. I look forward to working with the board and contributing to strategy development and further growth of Origo.”
Paul Pettitt, managing director at Origo Services, said: “We are delighted to welcome David Cooper to our board. His wealth of experience in the financial services sector will be invaluable to Origo as we move forward with delivering cost-saving services and standards to the industry and advisers. The combination of David’s considerable experience in product innovation, marketing, and distribution with a deep analytical background will complement the strong board at Origo, especially in the wake of regulatory challenges and further industry initiatives.”
