Martin Bailey delivers capital alignment at scale.

He was a lead architect of the Mansion House Accord and the Compact before it, working across government and industry to unlock billions in pension fund investment into productive assets.

At the City of London Corporation, he leads engagement with institutional investors, global firms, and policymakers. He also chairs the £2bn Lambeth Pension Fund, pushing forward investment in private markets, climate risk, and good stewardship.

Shalin joined the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) in 2023, where he serves as Chief Actuary and interim Chief Financial Officer.

At PPF, he brings extensive pensions, insurance and investment experience, having previously worked at DWS Investments since 2018, and other companies across the sector for many years. He originally started his career in South Africa in life insurance pricing and reserving and then transitioned into liability valuations for defined benefit pension funds.

In addition, he brings significant LDI, derivative and credit portfolio management experience and has advised some of the UK’s largest pension funds on their LDI strategies both as a consultant with Mercer and portfolio manager with Legal & General Investment Management.

Shalin is a member of the Advisory panel at the Financial Reporting Council. He recently served as a member of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ Finance and Investment Board and as an advisory member for the task force to boost socio-economic diversity at senior levels in both the financial and professional services sectors.

Shalin is a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries and holds an Honours Degree in Statistics and Actuarial Science from the University of Cape Town.

Sally is Chair at Nest Invest and at the Development Bank of Wales, as well as non-executive director at insurers Pension Insurance Corporation and Royal & Sun Alliance.

Her non-executive portfolio has included roles at the Nuclear Liabilities Fund, NEST Corporation and the Lloyds Bank pension schemes and as Chair of the first local government pensions pool, Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) Limited. Prior to Nest, Sally was Chair of the Brunel Pension Partnership, having taken lead from Founding Chair Denise Le Gal, up until October 2025.

She was CEO of the BP Pension Scheme in the interesting years of 2007-14 after twenty years with Aon Hewitt working as a pensions consultant and in investment research and innovation.

Kier joined UBP in April 2020 as Co-Head and CIO of UBP Alternative Investment Solutions (AIS) and has some 25 years’ experience.

He previously spent 20 years at GAM AG, where he was Head of alternative investments, assuming two senior management functions. The first as head of Alternative Investments for the group managing discretionary investment mandates on behalf of institutions and ultra-high net worth family offices, managing a team of 11 investment professionals. The second, since 2018, as head of GAM’s Private Clients & Charities team which provided multi-asset solutions for clients predominantly based in the EU and Asia. Prior to GAM, Kier Boley worked from 1994 to 2000 as an Investment Director at City of London Investment Group, based in London, managing emerging market equity investment mandates.

He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s, both in Economics, and is a member of the CFA Society of the UK.

Alexander joined Ruffer in 2010, graduating from Newcastle University with a first class honours degree in history and politics. He was a manager on Ruffer’s private client team, before becoming a long-standing fund manager in the investment team and a Partner in the firm.

He is a Fellow of the CISI and has an extensive knowledge of macro economics and geopolitics.

Jill is Head of LGPS at Gallagher Benefit Services, supporting LGPS funds to meets their strategic objectives by advising on strategic asset allocation, climate change and net zero, impact investing, and broader investment strategy. 

Gallagher advise a range of funds across the LGPS – led by Jill, with the support of the wider Gallagher LGPS team.

Having worked directly in the LGPS sector for 18 years at a senior level, Jill understands what it means to run an LGPS fund and the challenges they face. She regularly contributes to events, conferences, and roundtables, and is a strong advocate for responsible investing for delivering both sustainability and impact alongside the financial returns required to pay pensions.

Previously, Jill worked as a fund manager for over 20 years. Her primary focus was on equities, but she was also involved in strategic asset allocation and derivatives.

Pete is Chief Investment Officer of Gallagher Benefit Services (GBS) in the UK having joined in 2024 as part of the merger with Redington.

In this role, he is ultimately accountable for the investment recommendations and asset class implementations that are made to clients. Additionally, he advises a range of wealth managers, insurance companies and public sector pension schemes with combined assets of more than £400bn. 

Prior to taking up this role in March 2018, Pete led Redington’s Manager Research team since 2011, where he oversaw a team of investment professionals responsible for the selection and monitoring of investment managers across both traditional and alternative asset classes. 

Before joining Redington, Pete spent 9 years working in fixed income and derivative markets at a number of large investment banks. 

Pete has a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. 

Nicolas is founder of the World Pensions® Council, the retirement & savings industry group, co-chair of the G7 Pensions Roundtable held on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, founding-member of the Advisory Council for the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), a World Bank and G20–led global initiative, and executive director of the Singapore Economic Forum (SEF).

He has co-developed notions such as ‘SDG–Driven Investment’, ‘Pension Superpowers’, the ‘Age of Geoeconomics’, ‘Employee Capitalism’, and chaired the Pensions and Asset Owners Roundtable at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (Paris COP21 Summit/Paris Agreement).

Nicolas is a graduate of Canada’s McGill University (Statistics & Financial Economics), an alumnus of the HEC Paris School of Management (MBA Corporate Strategy & Marketing) and the University of Paris Law School (LL.M. Corporate Law) and has conducted research at the University of Louvain (UCL) Doctoral School of Economics and Management in Waals Brabant (Belgium).

He is a regular contributor to BBC News (Asia), Asharq News with Bloomberg, the Arabian Gulf financial news network, RTÉ, Ireland’s National Television and Radio Broadcaster, and Cairo TV (Qahera News).

He is also active in ecumenical, intercultural dialogue, nonalignment, & the promotion of peaceful, inclusive sustainable development endeavours in Britain, the European Union (EU) and the Greater MENA–APAC continuum.

Hatty is a Trustee Director and Head of Risk Transfer at IGG, specialising in strategic de‑risking and endgame planning for defined benefit pension schemes. With over 17 years’ experience across investment consulting, governance and risk settlement, she brings deep technical expertise and a clear, collaborative approach to delivering complex projects.

She leads and supports Trustee appointments as Professional Corporate Sole Trustee and Co‑Trustee, with a particular focus on risk transfer (buy‑ins and buy‑outs, wind-up planning, and the creation of effective strategic forums between trustees, sponsors and advisers).

Before joining IGG, Hatty was an Associate Partner at Aon, where she led the investment risk settlement team and advised on transactions ranging from £2.5m to £4.6bn, including complex asset restructuring and innovative endgame solutions. She previously held roles at Broadstone, Capita and Willis Towers Watson.

Hatty is a committed advocate for inclusive leadership and has contributed to industry events, thought leadership and mentoring programmes. She also serves as Chair of Trustees for Marmalade Trust and Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra. She holds the PMI Award in Pension Trusteeship and the Investment Management Certificate.

Ella is head of the fixed-income team and co-head of Real Return.

Ella joined Newton in July 2023 and has 20 years’ experience in managing a variety of fixed-income portfolios. Ella was previously a senior investment manager at Pictet Asset Management on the global bonds team. Prior to that, Ella held senior investment management positions at Wellington Management and Invesco Asset Management. ​

Ella was recognised as one of the 50 leading women in hedge funds for 2019 and is an active advocate of developing and nurturing diverse talent in the industry.​

Ella holds an Executive MBA from the University of Cambridge. She also holds a MSc in International Finance and a BA Hons degree in Business Finance. In addition, she is a CFA1 charterholder. ​

Ella speaks five languages and is a qualified sommelier.

Marisa is head of the Thinking Ahead Institute, a global not-for-profit investment research network dedicated to helping investors navigate the future. Bringing together leading asset owners, asset managers and strategic partners, the Institute drives innovation through collaborative research and practical solutions.

Since its inception, the Institute has convened more than 100 organisations. Marisa spends much of her time working alongside these firms to design fit-for-purpose investment strategies, improve organisational effectiveness, and strengthen stakeholder trust. She has been widely recognised as a thought leader and advocate for change, writing several articles featured in the media, thought pieces, research papers and as a speaker at a number of global events. Prior to joining the Institute, Marisa was a Senior Investment Consultant in WTW’s investment advisory business.

Marisa is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (FIA) and holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). She has a MSc (Distinction) from CASS Business School, London and a first-class degree in Mathematics from the University of the West Indies. She was named on the 2020 list of Financial News’ Rising Stars of Asset Management in Europe and was winner of ‘Woman of the Year’ in the 2020 Women in Finance Summit & Awards Series.

She also featured on the 2021 Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) roll call of thought leaders in the category of ‘actuaries changing mindsets’ and is also a recipient of the CEO Circle Awards for outstanding contribution to the values of WTW.

James Harraway is Head of Value Creation, Direct Infrastructure at LPPI, where he leads the strategic oversight and performance optimisation of the GLIL Infrastructure portfolio.

With nearly two decades of infrastructure investment experience, James is a specialist in driving long-term investment performance across complex, multi-sector portfolios.

Prior to joining LPPI in 2025, James spent over a decade at Infracapital as Managing Director and Investment Committee member, where he led investments across Europe in the transport, digital, and utilities sectors.

Earlier in his career, he worked in M&A at Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Kleinwort before transitioning to infrastructure investment at CVC.
James brings a deep strategic perspective, focusing on sustainable value creation and robust asset management for institutional investors.

Mark is a Trustee and former Chief Investment Officer of the Nationwide Pension Fund, where he had responsibility for the performance and implementation of the asset allocation strategies agreed with the fund investment advisors.

Previously, he led the establishment of Nationwide’s Covered Bond programme and its Silverstone RMBS Master Trust funding vehicle. In addition, Mark has securitised UK Student Loans and a synthetic corporate bond structure along with structured transaction and investment in various ABS instruments. Past experience also includes leading the origination and structuring of social housing, PFI and commercial real estate debt transactions.

Saurabh focuses on research that supports new and existing indexes and risk models, including factor, sustainability and economic exposure indexes, as well as performance and risk attribution.

Previously, Saurabh was a Vice President in Nomura’s Quantitative Equity Strategy team. In this role, he carried out thematic research and financial modelling. He also published quantitative models which helped recommend portfolio allocation.

Saurabh graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology with a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering. He is a CFA charterholder.

Karim is the Head of Investment Risk at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), with over two decades of experience spanning investment management and risk across public and private markets.

He started his career at Barclays in Paris and London, followed by senior investment roles at AXA UK.

Karim subsequently held senior positions at BT Pension Scheme Management (now Brightwell) before joining the PPF.

Simone is a senior executive with over 25 years’ experience in financial markets and in the pensions industry, and an accredited trustee (AMAPPT). Her current role is CEO of Pi Partnership.

Her previous work includes executive roles in risk management in investment banking, global project management, the establishment of a fiduciary management business in the role of CFO/COO and MD at a professional trustee firm.

She has defined effective strategies, businesses and processes across disciplines and locations. She possesses a thorough understanding of the asset management and financial services industry, governance, and has acted as a professional trustee on the board of pension schemes.

Her ambition is to be an advocate for change, and has a passion for governance, the driving factors in her career have always been progressing and growing organisations in investment banking and fiduciary management and now in professional trusteeship, and outsourced executive management.

Neil leads the £6bn+ Surrey Pension Fund, with near 130,000 members and over 500 employers. Surrey is one of the 11 LGPS partner funds that make up the Border to Coast asset pool.

Neil believes excellence in service delivery is best achieved through an integrated pension service with equal emphasis on all elements of the business, and a laser focus on the customer.

The Surrey Fund has received pension industry acknowledgement for its outstanding approach to risk management, governance, responsible investing and most recently, administration.

Neil is a member of the PLSA Policy Board, and its Local Authority Committee. He is also the Independent Chair of the Local Pension Board for the London Borough of Hounslow, and an Independent Advisor to the Local Pension Board of the South Yorkshire Pension Authority.

He is the father of twin boys who are both off doing far more interesting things than he ever did at university. In his spare time, he supports Queens Park Rangers and three putts.

Devan Nathwani FIA, Director, is a Portfolio Strategist in the Portfolio Research team of the BlackRock Investment Institute. The team is responsible for developing the core principles and intellectual property that underpin BlackRock’s approach to portfolio design, such as capital market assumptions and optimisation tools.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2022, Devan worked at SECOR Asset Management, where he was an Investment Strategist, responsible for advising pension funds and other institutional clients on their strategic asset allocation and liability hedging arrangements.

Prior to SECOR, he began his career at Aon Hewitt in 2012, where he spent time in the Pensions Actuarial and Fiduciary Management teams.
Devan holds a Masters degree in Actuarial Finance from Imperial College Business School.

Mark joined the People’s Partnership as Head of Asset Allocation & Investment Strategy in September 2024.

Prior to this, he spent 7 years designing and managing the strategic and dynamic asset allocation processes for the Tesco Pension Fund across asset classes, currencies and regions, alongside working with the Trustee on implementing new investment strategies and derisking mandates.

Before joining Tesco, he held various investment strategy roles for the Legal & General Shareholder Fund and the BP Pension Fund.

Mark holds a degree in Economics from the University of Warwick and is a CFA Charterholder.

In addition to his role at M&G, Mark is a Member of the Independent Governance Committee at Zurich Insurance; Executive Chairman of the UBS (UK) Pension & Life Assurance Scheme Investment Committee; and a Member of the Investment & Funding and DC Committees at Lloyds Banking Group Pensions.

Mark was previously the Chief Investment Officer of HSBC Bank Pension Trust (UK) Limited, who he joined in 2011.

Prior to this, he held a number of senior investment roles at Prudential/M&G. These included UK Equity Fund Manager, Head of Equity Research, Director of Collective Investments, and Investment & Strategy Director for Prudential Europe.

Max is Head of Investment Strategy at LPPI, undertaking both advisory work and implementation of client strategic asset allocations and overlays.

Max joined LPPI in 2016 from London Pensions Fund Authority, one of LPP’s founding clients, where he was an investment manager for liquid strategies, focusing on internal global equity management and hedge fund due diligence.

Max has 20 years’ investment experience; prior to working in pensions, he had a background in quantitative research across FX, rates and options markets.

He graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering.