Kim Gubler – Managing Director
As the Founder of KGC, Kim’s main objective was to create a business wholly focused on its clients and delivering the right solution for them. True independence and extensive research is KGC’s foundation. Prior to creating KGC, Kim’s career spanned working with a number of single and large multi-employer schemes and a global consultancy. Kim has extensive knowledge and experience of pensions and the wider industry. Kim designed the structured research framework which supports our Benchmarking & Market Reviews. She created the KGC Scheme MOT for our Process & Relationship Management service and the KGC FM Framework© for our Fiduciary Management Governance service.
Kim is a Business graduate, a Fellow of the PMI and TPAS and holds a Diploma in Business Excellence, she is also Principal Examiner for PMI’s Advanced Diploma’s final qualifying module. Kim is President of PASA. She has acted as subject specialist to TPR and has been a key participant in TPR’s stakeholder panels on DC and master trusts. Kim is an Accredited independent Trustee for the Smart Pension Master Trust. She represented PASA on the ERI Taskforce and currently sits on the Pension Dashboards Programme Advisory Group as well as the Deferred Small Pots Co-ordination Group.
Kim’s areas of expertise are:
"I created KGC as I saw a need for truly, unconflicted and practical consulting!"
Lesley Carline – Director
lesley.carline@kgcassociates.com
Lesley joined KGC in 2012 enticed by our reputation for providing services based upon independence, research, expertise and knowledge. Previously, Lesley gained a holistic insight into the market from a provider view in the areas of pensions systems, services and investment management. Lesley’s DC expertise has been instrumental in our DC Consulting service, ensuring the appropriate due diligence is carried out and our clients remain compliant. Lesley’s overarching view of the pensions industry offers a different perspective to our Benchmarking & Market Reviews and Management Consulting service.
Lesley holds a Masters in Economic and Social History and is also a Chartered Marketeer. Lesley is a past President of the PMI having served on the advisory council and its Board. While on the advisory council, Lesley chaired the Policy & Public Affairs committee, the PMI’s Master Trust special interest group and the Joint Industry Forum meeting regularly with DWP and TPR. As a DC specialist, Lesley has been involved in consultations with TPR, the DWP and represented the PMI in discussions with the Office of Fair Trading on charges.
Since leaving the PMI, Lesley has continued to volunteer as a mentor, winning Mentor of the Year 2023 as part of it’s programme and previously Chaired PASA’s DC Governance Working Group.
Lesley’s areas of expertise are:
"I joined KGC because I knew from first-hand experience their extensive research into providers – they kicked the tyres."
Hayley Mudge – Head of Research
hayley.mudge@kgcassociates.com
Hayley has been with KGC since 2008, attracted by the opportunity to develop a career in financial services. During her time at KGC, Hayley has taken over responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the market research data base. These research capabilities and analytical skills are key to all of our services. Part of Hayley’s role is the production of KGC’s Administration and Actuarial Surveys. Hayley sits on PASA’s PR Committee.
Hayley has completed the PMI RPC exam and TPR’s Trustee Knowledge & Understanding Toolkit.
Hayley’s areas of expertise are:
"I joined KGC because I saw it had the potential to stretch my horizons, and it looked fun."
