Richard Smith
Richard Smith
Independent Pensions Professional

Richard’s a career pensions professional, starting in 1987, but focused solely on dashboards since 2019. Richard led the UK Government’s development of data standards for dashboards (originally published in December 2020), and has subsequently supported both PASA and PLSA (now Pensions UK), as well as the leading Integrated Service Provider (ISP) PensionFusion and leading nascent Private Sector Dashboard (PSD) operator Moneyhub. During 2024, Richard was Volunteer Chair of the (Pensions) Dashboard Operators Coalition, and since 2025, he has been full time pro bono publico on dashboards, with a strong focus on realising the consumer benefits. His independent blog (DashboardIdeas.co.uk) has links to all 750 dashboard announcements since 2014, as well as the findings from his independent research tour of continental dashboards