Former National Lottery chief executive Dermot Griffin has been picked to lead the agency that will be in charge of the automatic enrolment pensions system that is set to come into force in January.

Mr Griffin, a chartered accountant, served as head of the National Lottery from 2005 to 2019 before becoming CEO of the Credit Union Service Organisation for Payments (Cusop). He is also a non-executive director of the Irish Aviation Authority.

The board of the new National Automatic Enrolemnt Retirement Savings Authority (Naersa) will be chaired by Roma Burke, an experienced actuary with extensive knowledge of the pensions industry. Joe Brennan has the details.