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01  Voice · Business leader · Unpaid carers

Business leader

Lisa Picardo

Chief Business Officer UK, PensionBee

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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 18 Sept 2026

LONDON
OfficePensionBee, London, SE1 8NLPensionBee is based in Bermondsey and Old Southwark (London): the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

02  Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics

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Lisa Picardo: key facts

Kind of voice
Business leader
Role
Chief Business Officer UK
Organisation
PensionBee
Organisation based in
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Quoted on
Unpaid carers
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
18 Sept 2026

03  Profile

Who Lisa Picardo is

Lisa Picardo is Chief Business Officer UK at PensionBee, the online pension provider. She was appointed to the role in September 2024.

She joined the company in 2020 and has taken broad responsibility for its corporate development. That includes leading its 2021 IPO on the London Stock Exchange. Before PensionBee she held senior roles at Morgan Stanley, including 13 years in European M&A and the Global Private Equity Fund.

She is a founding member of the Breast Cancer Now Development Board. Her public commentary centres on pensions policy. She argues that carers, the self-employed and other 'invisible workers' are left out of the pension system, and she campaigns for faster pension transfers.

Her health and social care relevance comes mainly from the carers angle: PensionBee's evidence to the Second Pensions Commission covers disabled people and unpaid carers.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    Appointed PensionBee's Chief Business Officer UK in September 2024. Source ↗

  2. 02

    Led PensionBee's 2021 Initial Public Offering on the High Growth List Segment of the London Stock Exchange, and its later transfer to the Premium Segment. Source ↗

  3. 03

    Member of the Department for Work and Pensions' Small Pots Delivery Group and PensionBee's representative at the Association of British Insurers. Source ↗

  4. 04

    Founding member of the Breast Cancer Now Development Board. Source ↗

04  The signal · where Lisa Picardo sits on unpaid carers

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Quoted in the press on unpaid carers.

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  1. Helen Walker portraitHelen WalkerSector leaderChief Executive, Carers UKLeading
  2. Emily Holzhausen portraitEmily HolzhausenSector leaderDirector of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UKLeading
  3. Kirsty McHugh portraitKirsty McHughSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Carers TrustLeading
  4. Sarah PennellsSector leaderconsumer finance specialist at Royal London
  5. Sara ButtsSector leaderhead of corporate and business development at Carers Trust
  6. Lisa Picardo portraitLisa PicardoBusiness leaderChief Business Officer UK, PensionBee
  7. Sharron SmithSector leaderChief Executive Officer, York Carers Centre
  8. Jenni WoodSector leaderChief executive, Durham County Carers Support (DCCS)

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05  On the record · press

What Lisa Picardo has said

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  • aol.co.uk
  • birminghammail.co.uk

Where Lisa Picardo has been quoted

  1. DWP Carers Allowance warning as unpaid carers face £30,000 penaltybirminghammail.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026
  2. One group of people face £30,000 retirement penaltyaol.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026

How we found the articles that name Lisa Picardo: we searched news for these terms.

  • unpaid carers
  • carer's allowance
  • carers allowance
  • carer's leave
  • carer's credit
  • Carers UK
  • Carers Trust
  • young carers

Also searched with “unpaid carers” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Unpaid carers

Verbatim

“For many unpaid carers, the financial impact doesn't end when their caring responsibilities do. Years spent reducing paid hours, turning down promotions or leaving the workforce altogether can translate into significantly lower pension savings and greater retirement insecurity.”
Chief Business Officer UK at PensionBee · Unpaid carers · birminghammail.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“For many unpaid carers, the financial impact doesn't end when their caring responsibilities do. Years spent reducing paid hours, turning down promotions or leaving the workforce altogether can translate into significantly lower pension savings and greater retirement insecurity.”
Chief Business Officer UK at PensionBee · Unpaid carers · aol.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026 · Read the article

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06  Sources

References for this biography

  1. PensionBee appoints Lisa Picardo as Chief Business Officer UK (20 Sep 2024). Her current title, the date of appointment, and her corporate development and IPO leadership.
  2. PensionBee – Our company (Leadership). Her role, joining in 2020, her Morgan Stanley background (13 years in M&A and Private Equity Fund) and her Breast Cancer Now Development Board membership. This is also her organisational staff page.
  3. Lisa Picardo – FinTech Connect 2026. Her DWP Small Pots Delivery Group membership, her ABI representation, her Morgan Stanley background and her founding of LITTLECIRCLE.
  4. PensionBee Appoints Lisa Picardo as Chief Business Officer UK (FF News). Joined in 2020, and is a founding member of the Breast Cancer Now Development Board.
  5. PensionBee's Carer's Month – bringing visibility to the UK's invisible workers (10 Sep 2025). Her authored commentary on unpaid carers' financial futures, including sandwich carers.
  6. PensionBee comments on Pensions Policy Institute's report on Turner Commission legacy. Her quoted view that carers, the self-employed and those on insecure contracts are 'invisible workers' left behind by pension reform.
  7. PensionBee Press & media. PensionBee's evidence to the Second Pensions Commission on disabled people and unpaid carers, and her authored pension transfer reports.
  8. Why we need system-wide reforms to modernise how pension transfers work (Professional Pensions). Her published opinion calling for a 10-day 'Pension Switch Guarantee'.
  9. PensionBee Group (LON:PBEE) Company Profile. PensionBee's London head office address (209 Blackfriars Road, SE1 8NL) and her listing as Chief Business Officer UK.

07  Contact & links

Staff page
pensionbee.com/our-company
Website
pensionbee.com/uk/press

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Owners, executives and investors of care providers, operators and suppliers speaking for their business. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 3 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.