Shehzad Ahmad

Shehzad is Managing Director of Sole Trusteeship and leads Dalriada’s sales and business development efforts.  

As a Senior Professional Trustee he is fully accredited by the APPT. He has been a trustee for nearly 20 years, during which he has worked on some of the most high-profile cases in the industry. 

Shehzad is well-known for his inclusive and collaborative style as well as being open to innovation and traditional approaches to trusteeship to achieve best outcomes. He has worked with household names and chaired boards for schemes from as small as £1m to £3bn+. 

He has been Head of Professional Corporate Sole Trusteeship and Risk Transfer at another trustee firm where he implemented the APPT’s Code of Practice that he co-authored. 

Shehzad has wider experience of journey planning, leading restructures and has worked on cases with regulatory oversight, including those with in-depth and complex funding negotiations. He has also worked at the Pension Protection Fund, managing its legal panel. 

As well as being APMI accredited, Shehzad has experience from outside the pensions industry as forensic expert witness and attaining lean sigma qualifications. 

When Shehzad is not supporting his clients, he enjoys spending his spare time with his family and travelling with them to new destinations. He enjoys various sports and is always keen to try new activities time permitting.