Challenges and Opportunities for the LGPS 2022 | Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) | 27 April 2022 | Online

Over the past six months many of the PLSA’s local authority members have contributed to our major research programme on the challenges facing the LGPS. You participated in roundtables, shared your insights and told us what you think are the key issues that need to be addressed. We will shortly publish the results of this work in a major PLSA report, which will share an analysis of your collective views and the policy implications from them.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
In this Policy Insights Webinar, we’ll hear from the PLSA’s Policy team as they give an overview of the key themes of the report, and two leading LGPS practitioners will give their perspectives on the measures needed to help local authority pension funds face the future with confidence. Most importantly, we’ll discuss the next steps that the PLSA will take with you, to develop this piece of work, to continue to represent you and your needs to Government, regulators and policymakers.

This is your opportunity to hear how your insights are shaping the PLSA’s work on the future of the LGPS.

2022 Speakers

Rachel Brothwood
Chair, PLSA Local Authority Committee; Director of Pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund

Euan Miller
Assistant Director, Greater Manchester Pension Fund

Victoria Barron
Head of Sustainable Investment, BT Pension Scheme

Michael Bonte-Friedheim
Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner, NextEnergy Capital

Rita Butler-Jones
Co-Head of DC, Legal & General Investment Management

John Chilman
Chair, PLSA Policy Board, Chief Executive, Railpen

Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Laura Cooper
Total Reward Specialist, IKEA

David Craig
Co-Chair, Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures

Joe Dabrowski
Deputy Director - Policy, PLSA

Alex Darsley
Actuary, Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice, The Pensions Regulator

Martijn de Vree
Head of International Solutions, Allspring Global Investments

Emma Douglas
Director of Workplace, Savings and Retirement, Aviva, Chair, PLSA

Dr Tamsin Edwards
Lead Author, Sixth Assessment Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021), Climate Scientist

Caroline Escott
Senior Investment Manager, Railpen

Oliver Farrell
Responsible Investment Manager, Pension Insurance Corporation

Mark Fawcett
Chief Information Officer, Nest

Michael Fenn
Partner, Pinsent Masons

Sue Ferns
President, TUC

Jane Firth
Head of Responsible Investment, Border to Coast

Ruari Grant
Policy Lead: DC, PLSA

Giulia Guidi
Head of ESG, NextEnergy Capital

Alyshia Harrington-Clark
Head of DC, Master Trusts and Lifetime Savings, PLSA

Adam Hayes
Senior Associate and Responsible Investment Total Evaluation Specialist, Mercer

Brian Henderson
Member, PLSA Policy Board, Partner, Director of Consulting, Mercer

Luke Hildyard
Director, High Pay Centre

Sam Hill
Principal and Responsible Investment Total Evaluation Specialist, Mercer

Veronica Humble
Head of DC Investment Strategy, Legal & General Investment Management

Karen Hurst
Senior Policy Advisor: Investment & Stewardship, PLSA

Helen Lamb
Membership Engagement Manager, PLSA

Katharina Lindmeier
Senior Responsible Investment Manager, Nest

Tim Manuel
Head of Responsible Investment, Aon

Joana Marfoh
Head of Treasury and Pension Fund Management, London Borough of Islington

Adam Matthews
Chair, Transition Pathway Initiative, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Church of England Pensions Board

Catherine May
Board Director, PLSA

Julian Mund
Chief Executive, PLSA

Laura Myers
Chair, PLSA’s DC Committee, Head of DC, LCP

Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Head of Pensions Investments and Responsible Investments, Scottish Widows

Nareser Osei
Senior Policy Advisor, PLSA

Henrietta Pacquement
Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of Global Fixed Income, Allspring Global Investments

Hetal Patel
Head of Climate Investment Risk, Phoenix Group

Nigel Peaple
Director of Policy and Advocacy, PLSA

Rachel Pine
Head of Content - Events, PLSA

Andrew Reid
Head of UK Strategic Clients Team, BlackRock

Paul Rhodes
Member Nominated Trustee, Reach Pension Plan

Craig Rimmer
Policy Lead: Master Trusts, PLSA

Carolyn Saunders
Partner, Pinsent Masons

Pete Searle
Policy Director, Private Pensions & Arm’s Length Bodies, Department for Work and Pensions

Joanna Sharples
Chief Investment Officer, Aon DC solutions

David Shukman
Journalist, author and presenter

Manuela Sperandeo
EMEA EII Head of Sustainable Indexing, BlackRock

Alexander Stafford MP
Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Environmental, Social & Governance

Callum Stewart
Head of DC Investment, Hymans Robertson

Archie Struthers
Co-Chair, Aligning Stewardship across Asset Owners and Investment Managers - Investment Industry Steering Group

Owen Thorne
Investment Manager, Merseyside Pension Fund

Gareth Trainor
Head of Unit Linked Investment Solutions, Standard Life

Tiffany Tsang
Head of DB, LGPS & Investment, PLSA

James Walsh
Head of Membership Engagement, PLSA

Brendan Walshe
Investment Consulting Team, The Pensions Regulator

Faith Ward
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership, Chair, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change

Charles Wookey
Chief Executive Officer, A Blueprint for Better

2022 Sponsors

• Allspring
• AMX
• AON
• BlackRock
• Gowling WLG
• 100 Hymans Robertson
• LIGM
• Mercer
• Next Energy Capital
• Pension Insurance Corporation
• Pension Age
• Pinsent Masons
• Portfolio Institutional
• Savvy Investor
• Standard Life