Professor Frank Murray:

We could do better on anticipating retirement. Turning 65 is generally not a surprise for most individuals. Many people will retire at that age. We should be anticipating that, when people come up towards retirement age, that we put processes in place at a much earlier stage to reduce or avoid a gap between a person retiring the next person taking up the job. That is a good point.

We should ask people when they are around 60 years of age if they are thinking of retiring early and if so, could they give us a year’s notice. This would allow us to begin the process of recruitment at an earlier stage.