PLSA Investment Conference 2023 | Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) | 5 June 2023 | Edinburgh International Conference Centre, The Exchange, 150 Morrison St, Edinburgh EH3 8EE, UK

The UK's largest event focused on pension fund investment.

Our Investment Conference is where CIOs, trustees, investment board members, pension managers, finance professionals and their advisers gain insight on the major trends and events affecting UK investors and markets. We bring the whole of the UK pensions investment chain together under one roof.

2023 Speakers

Claire Altman
Managing Director Individual Retirement, Phoenix Group

Rob Andrew
Head of Insurance Solutions, Abrdn

Serkan Bektas
Head of Client Solutions Group, Insight Investments

Fred Berry
Lead Investment Consultant, The Pensions Regulator

Professor Danny Blanchflower
Former external member Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, Economics Professor, Dartmouth College

Tony Broccardo
Chief Investment Officer, Barclays UK Retirement Fund

Rachel Brothwood
Head of Pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund

Andrew Brown
Client Relationship Director, Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Giulia Chierchia
Executive Vice President Strategy, Sustainability and Ventures, BP

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

Ben J. Cooper
Multi-Asset Strategist, Wellington Management International

Steve Cox
Asset and Technology Director, Electricity North West, Senior Advisor, Equitix

Joe Dabrowski
Deputy Director - Policy, PLSA

Nicky Day
Insight Manager, PLSA

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

Simon Eagle
Senior Director, Willis Towers Watson

Maria Espadinha
Senior Policy Advisor, PLSA

Louise Evans
Head of Asset Management, Franklin Real Asset Advisors

Liz Fernando
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Nest

Wyn Francis
Chief Investment Officer, Brightwell

Steven Gardner
Head of Asset Management Sales & Client Relations, Berenberg

Ruari Grant
Policy Lead: DC, PLSA

Andrew Griffith MP
Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister

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

Des Healy
ESG, Productive Finance and VFM Policy Manager, Private Pensions Policy, DWP

Elliot Hentov
Head of Macro Policy Research, State Street Global Advisors

Lee Hollingworth
Head of UK Retirement, Franklin Templeton

Emma Hudson
Director, Isio

Martin Hunter
Head of Integrated Funding, Railpen

Christy Jesudasan
Head of UK Fiduciary Management Sales, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Barry Jones
Chief Investment Officer, Isio

Payam Kazemian
Client Director, Zedra

Dawid Konotey-Ahulu
Co-Founder & Board Director, Mallowstreet

Helen Lamb
Membership Engagement Manager, PLSA

Sonja Laud
Chief Investment Officer, LGIM

Paul Lee
Head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investment, Redington

Anne Lester
Member of the Board of Directors, Partners Group

Gavin Lewis
Managing Director, Head of UK Institutional Client Business, BlackRock

Katie Lightstone
Partner, PwC

Philipp Loehrhoff
Head of Multi Asset Solutions, Berenberg

Stefan Lundbergh
Director of Cardano Insights, Cardano

Fiona Manning
Fund Manager, Emerging Markets Sustainable Fund, Premier Miton

Owen McCrossan
Senior Solutions Director, Pensions, Abrdn

Innes McKeand
Head of Strategic Equities, Universities Superannuation Scheme

Arnaud Misset
Chief Digital Officer, CACEIS

Luba Nikulina
Chief Strategy Officer, IFM Investors

Rob Orr
Head of Technical and Comms, SAUL Trustee Company, Chair, PLSA DB Committee

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

Andrew Parry
Head of Investments, J O Hambro Capital Management

Simon Partridge
Head of UK Fiduciary Management, Russell Investments

Nigel Peaple
Director of Policy and Advocacy, PLSA

Robert Peston
ITV Political Editor

Claire Petheram
Partner, Linklaters

Rachel Pinto
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

John Ploeg
Principal and Co-Head of ESG Research, PGIM Fixed Income

Rene Poisson
Chair, J.P. Morgan UK Pension Plan

Sabina Reeves
Chief Economist and Head of Insights and Intelligence, CBRE

Faisal Sattar
Investment Analyst, Evolve

William Scholes
Fund Manager, Emerging Markets Sustainable Fund, Premier Miton

Anil Shenoy
Head of UK Institutional, Janus Henderson Investors

Claus Vinge Skrumsager
Managing Director, Head of North Haven Secured Private Credit Investment Team, Morgan Stanley

Pete Smith
Principal and Head of Sustainable Investment, Barnett Waddingham

David Spiegelhalter
Statistician and a Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge

Iain Stealey
Managing Director, International Chief Investment Officer, Global Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Marcin Stepan
Events Content Manager, PLSA

Rory Stewart
Academic, Writer, Adventurer, Politician, Diplomat And Podcast Co-host

Matt Tickle
Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Barnet Waddingham

Nike Trost
Head of Asset Management and Pensions Policy, FCA

Tiffany Tsang
Head of DB, LGPS & Investment, PLSA

Ewout van der Meer
Investment Manager, Fixed Credits ABS, Aegon Asset Management

James Walsh
Head of Membership Engagement, PLSA

2023 Speakers

• abrdn
• Aegon Asset Management
• Allspring Global Investments
• Amundi Asset Management
• Barnett Waddingham
• Berenberg
• BlackRock
• Caceis
• CBRE
• Charles Stanley Fiduciary Management
• Columbia Threadneedle Investments
• CQS
• DG Publishing
• Equitix
• Federated Hermes International
• Franklin Templeton
• Hymans Robertson
• Insight Investment
• Isio
• J O Hambro
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Janus Henderson Investors
• Legal & General Investment Management
• Linklaters
• Mercer
• Net Zero Investor
• Partners Group
• Pensions Age
• PGIM
• PLSA
• Premier Miton
• Qontigo
• Robeco
• Russell Investments
• Sackers
• State Street Global Advisors
• Wellington Management International