FundFocus 2023 - Europe | Connect Group | 15 May 2023 | Fairmont Windsor Park, Bishopsgate Rd, Englefield Green, Windsor TW20 0YL, UK

This event will be an important event of the year for the Connect Group community to discuss the current economic climate in Europe, it's impact on institutional investors and the strategies we can take to manage and overcome the challenges and opportunities presented by the current macroeconomic environment.

​Now in its second edition, FundFocus | Europe will once again bring together the leading institutional asset owners from across the region for high-level, peer-to-peer networking, discussion and thought-leadership facilitated through carefully formulated panel discussions, presentations and interviews. Meet with your investment peers representing other European Pension Funds, Insurers, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Foundations, Endowments, Family Offices and Development Finance Institutions, as well as a select group of asset managers and intermediaries.

Hosted by Connect Group, the event provides institutional asset owners a platform to exchange ideas and insights about the investment environment and share actionable strategies which can help overcome common problems faced by their institutions, in areas related to investment, asset allocation, portfolio management, risk management, ESG, responsible investments and impact investing.

2023 Speakers

Gordon Ross
Chief Investment Officer, LGPS Central Limited

Rob Groves
Chief Investment Officer, Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC)

Susanne Roge Lund
Senior Director, ESG, ATP

David Russell
Head of Responsible Investment, USS Investment Management

Tom Sumpster
Head of Private Markets, Phoenix Group

Diandra Soobiah
Head of Responsible Investment, NEST

Edmund (“Edi”) Truell
Chairman, Disruptive Capital

Sabrina Fox
CEO, European Leveraged Finance Association

Florence Carasse
Head of Infrastructure, Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC)

Holger Rothenbusch
Managing Director & Head of Infrastructure and Climate, British International Investment

Marcus Svedberg
Chief Economist, Folksam

Jan Weismuller
Head of Infrastructure London, Co-Head of Digital Infrastructure, KfW IPEX

Eimear Daly
Emerging Market Macro Strategist, Natwest Markets

Ahmed Hassanein
Central & Eastern Europe TMT Sector Lead, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Tony Bremness
Founder, Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Laureola Advisors

Ljudmila Popova
Director Digital Infrastructure, NIBC

Xavier Lara
CEO, AELIUS Energies

Charles Murray
Partner, Analysys Mason

Rory Sullivan
CEO, Chronos Sustainability

Adrian Fenton
Senior Program Manager, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

Lena Komileva
Chief Economist, (g+)economics

Sergei Voloboev
Emerging Markets FX and Rates Strategist, EMEA, Bloomberg Intelligence

Duncan Wrigley
Chief China+ Economist, Pantheon Macroeconomics

Ari Rajendra
Senior Director, Head of Thematic Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

2023 Partners

• Arjun Infrastructure
• RCM
• Laureola Advisors