Former National Lottery chief Dermot Griffin to lead pension auto-enrolment body

National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority will lead rollout, which begins on January 1

Minister for Social Protection, Dara Calleary with Roma Burke first chair of the Board of NAERSA and Dermot Griffin the new NAERSA chief executive. Picture: Maxwell’s 

The former chief executive of the National Lottery Dermot Griffin will lead the rollout of the new auto-enrolment pension scheme as he was named CEO of the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority (NAERSA). 

Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary announced the board of NAERSA on Wednesday. MyFuture Fund, the auto-enrolment scheme, will commence on January 1 next. All employees not already in an occupational pension scheme, aged between 23 and 60 and earning over €20,000, will be automatically enrolled.