Standard Life, the retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income, has appointed Tom Chalkley as Business Development Director in its workplace new business team. 

In his new role, Tom will lead relationships with employee benefit consultants, helping employers and trustees access Standard Life’s workplace pensions expertise and support better outcomes for savers. 

Tom joins Standard Life from Isio, where he built a career advising employers and trustees on defined contribution pensions, wider savings and financial wellbeing. He previously worked at KPMG Pensions before it became Isio, having joined the business 15 years ago. 

Steph Coventry

I’m delighted to welcome Tom to the team. He brings a wealth of experience across workplace pensions and a deep understanding of the consultant market. His expertise and relationship-led approach will be a real asset as we continue to support employers, trustees and advisers and build trusted partnerships across the market.

- Head of New Business at Standard Life

Tom Chalkley

Standard Life has a strong reputation in workplace pensions and a clear focus on helping employers and advisers support better outcomes for savers. I’m excited to join the team and look forward to working closely with consultants and clients to bring that expertise to more workplace pension schemes.

- Business Development Director at Standard Life

Tom joins Standard Life at a time of continued growth for its Workplace business. In 2025, the business recorded net inflows of £5.3bn and added nearly 250,000 new customers, reflecting increasing demand from employers and pension savers for support with long-term financial wellbeing.

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    Louise Bryans

    Public Relations Manager, Workplace & Adviser
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About Standard Life

Standard Life is a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement saving and income.

We are proud to manage around c£317bn in assets on behalf of our 12 million customers, and we champion the belief that everyone's journey to and through retirement can be better. 

With our focus entirely on retirement savings and income we want to be the business that people trust to guide their retirement journey, helping our customers achieve better outcomes and greater financial security in later life. 

As a FTSE 100-listed group we are using our size, expertise and influence to shape the world our customers will retire into, and are committed to helping three million more customers by 2035, take action towards a better retirement.

Standard Life is a responsible investor with a clear commitment to supporting a more sustainable future. The Group has achieved its net zero goal across its emissions for 2025 and is working towards net zero investment portfolios by 2050 or sooner.

Standard Life is recognised as a leading employer, with long-standing accreditation as a Living Wage Employer, Living Pension Employer and Carer Positive Exemplary Employer and in 2025 became one of Britain’s Most Admired Companies in 2025.