Hello, I'm
John Haynes
— a principal product designer specialising in fintech and regulated services.
Right now I'm Design Lead at The Pensions Regulator, shaping how 16 million people will judge value for money in their pensions.
Previously, I led the design of the film industry's first end-to-end payroll platform—used by Disney, Apple, and Netflix—handling £100m+ in revenue.
Day Job — Design Lead
Working on the Value for Money framework — a major new policy under the Pension Schemes Act 2026 that will require pension schemes to benchmark and publish their performance for the first time. The intent is to improve outcomes for the 16 million people in DC pension schemes.
Alongside this, leading a discovery into the future of pensions data in regulation — exploring how better data flows could change the way the industry is supervised.
Experiments
Using Claude Code to analyse my Apple health data and optimise my schedule. Also built a small pantry-tracking PWA to stop throwing food away.
Training
Updated daily from Apple Health · last synced 2026-05-13
I'm maintaining a solid activity level with over 10,500 steps yesterday, though my resting heart rate is running about 15 bpm higher than my 30-day average, which suggests I may be in a recovery phase. I completed an outdoor walk and strength training session totaling about 400 calories, but my overall active calorie burn remains slightly below my monthly average. My heart rate variability is tracking well above average at 99 ms, which is a positive sign of nervous system resilience despite the elevated resting heart rate.
Training KPIs
29 Apr – 5 May vs 6 May – 12 May
HRV ÷ resting HR × 100 — higher means better recovered.
Recovery
Resting heart rate · last 7 days (bpm)
Heart rate variability · last 7 days (ms)