IPE Conference & Awards 2021 | IPE International Publishers Limited | 1 December 2021 | Hotel RIU Plaza España, C/ Gran Vía, 84, 28013 Madrid, Spain

The IPE Conference & Awards has been rewarding excellence in Europe's highly diverse and innovative pensions industry for 20 years and is the premier event of its kind with the largest annual gathering of pension funds in Europe.

The IPE Conference comprises two days of in-depth and highly topical debate sessions, featuring inspiring keynotes and practical panels. With typically 300 top executives from pension providers in attendance, the event brings together influential decision-makers from across Europe.

The IPE Awards each year recognise the bar-raising achievements of the diverse pension funds across Europe and celebrate excellence by creating a meaningful broad set of benchmarks.

2021 Speakers

Venilia Amorim
Editor, IPE.com

Victoria Barron
Head of Sustainable Investment, BT Pension Scheme Management

Hendrik Bartel
Senior Vice President, ESG Strategy, Factset

Driss Benkirane
Founder and Managing Partner, RoundShield

Alessia Berardi
Head of Emerging Markets Macro and Strategy Research, Amundi

Peter Borgdorff
Director, Peter Borgdorff Advies

María Eugenia Cadenas
Coordinator, Comisión Nacional del Mercado De Valores

Audrey Cantarellas
Senior Sales Manager, ODDO BHF Asset Management

Anders Stensbøl Christiansen
Chief Investment Officer, Veliv

Armel Coville
Fund Manager, ODDO BHF Asset Management

David Cox
Head of Listed Markets, Brunel Pension Partnership Ltd

Nuvneet Dhillon
ESG Research Specialist, PGIM Fixed Income

Rudyard Ekindi
Director, Global Investment Solutions team, Lyxor Asset Management

Niklas Ekvall
Chief Executive Officer, AP4

José Luis Escrivá
Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Government of Spain

Peter Frankopan
Author of the Silk Roads and New Silk Roads, Professor of Global History at Oxford University

Joaquin Garralda
President, Spainsif

Kartik Ghia
Co-Head of Systematic Strategies Research, Bloomberg L.P

Luciano Gisonni
Head of Asset Allocation & LDI Solutions, Generali Insurance Asset Management

Bjarne Graven Larsen
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Qblue Balanced

Parul Gupta
Partner, Arabesque Group

Sofia Harrschar
Executive Director and Member of the Management Board,Universal-Investment

Petra Hielkema
Chairperson, EIOPA

Martin Howard
Senior Vice President - Index Research, Wilshire

Aled Jones
Head of Sustainable Investing, EMEA, FTSE Russell

Liam Kennedy
Editorial Director, IPE

Amy Kessler
SVP and Head of International Reinsurance, Prudential Financial, Inc. (PFI)

Margaret Kuhlow
Global Finance Practice Leader, WWF International

Raúl Mateos
Head of Advisory, Willis Towers Watson

Ángel Martínez-Aldama
Chairman, INVERCO

Elodie Laugel
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Amundi

Gilles Lengaigne
Managing Partner, Head of Origination & Corporate Development, Generali Global Infrastructure

John Levy
Director of Impact, Franklin Templeton

Timo Löyttyniemi
Chief Executive Officer, State Pension Fund of Finland (VER)

Joseph Mariathasan
Contributing Editor, IPE

James McKeone
Head of European Data, Nasdaq

Gilles Moëc
Group Chief Economist, AXA and Head of Research, AXA IM

Julie Moret
Global Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship, Northern Trust Asset Management

Valentin Pernet
Head of ESG Research, ODDO BHF Asset Management

Antonio Pilato
Head of LDI Implementation Strategy, Generali Insurance Asset Management

Amin Rajan
CEO, CREATE-Research

Olivier Raybaud
Managing Director, SWEN Capital Partners

Nicola Ranger
Deputy Director, Centre for Greening Finance and Investment, University of Oxford

Thibault Richon
Managing Director, SWEN Capital Partners

Jürgen Rigterink
First Vice President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Susanna Rust
Deputy News Editor, IPE

Maria Sanz
Partner, YIELCO Investments AG

Sebastian Schiele
Head of Passive Mandates Sales EMEA & APAC, DWS

Joe Schorge
Managing Partner, Isomer Capital

Jorge Sicilia
Chief Economist, BBVA Group

Nick Stansbury
Head of Climate Solutions (Investments), Legal & General Investment Management

Onno Steenbeek
MD Strategic Portfolio Advice, APG Asset Management & Erasmus University

Sergei Strigo
Co-Head of Emerging Market Fixed Income, Amundi

Laetitia Tankwe
Advisor to the President, Ircantec

Luis Vadillo
Director,BBVA Pensiones

Diego Valero
CEO, Novaster

Mariska van der Westen
Director & Publisher, FD Business

2021 Sponsors

GOLD:
• Amundi Asset Management
• Investment Managers
• CFA Institute
• PFI

SILVER:
• DPAM
• DWS
• Generali Investments
• Legall & General Investment Management

BRONZE:
• Santander Asset Management

COUNTRY/REGIONAL:
• Columbia Threadneedle
• DPAM
• Natixis
• Oddo BHF Asset Management
• OFi Asset Management
• SWEN Capital Partners
• Unigestion
• Union Investment

THEMED:
• Franklin Templeton
• Lyxor
• Mesirow
• Northern Trust
• Nuveen
• Universal Investment

CONFERENCE:
• FTSE Russell