Transatlantic Conference 2018 | National Coordinating Commonwealth for Multiemployer Plans | 30 May 2018 | NH Centre Hotel, Stadhouderskade 7, 1054 ES Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Transatlantic Conference is a joint effort with the Multi-Employer Benefit Plan Council of Canada and the European Association of Paritarian Institutions as part of the International Consortium of Advocates for Worker Benefit Security to consider topics of broad interest to jointly trusteed pension and health plans across the US, Canada and Europe.The conference brings together leading experts in pension and health benefits, trustees and plan professionals from around the world to share knowledge and experiences relating to jointly trusteed benefit plans.

Recent pension topics have included global trends in regulation and supervision of pension plans and environmental, social and governance issues for pension plan investments. Recent health topics included emerging trends and innovation in health care, best practices for disease prevention and workplace health and safety.

2018 Speakers

Olivier Guersent
Director General - Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission

Nicholas Davis
Head of Society and Innovation, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Michael Jantzi
Chief Executive Officer, Sustainalytics

Saker Nusseibeh
Chief Executive Officer, Hermes Investment Management

Brett Himbury
Chief Executive, IFM Investors

Ed Smith
President and CEO, ULLICO

Nigel Aston
Global Head of DC Proposition and Strategy, State Street Global Advisors (UK)

Colin Meech
National Officer, UNISON Capital Stewardship Programme

Frits Meerdink
Manager Fund Management, PGGM

Erik van de Brake
Head of Infrastructure, PGGM Investment Management

Amlan Roy
Chief Retirement Strategist SSGA, SMD (UK)

Dr. Benita von Lindeiner
Senior Consultant, c-alm AG

Sharan Burrow
General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation

Fiona Reynolds
Managing Director, PRI Association (UK)

2018 Hosts

Liam Kennedy
Editorial Director, Investment & Pensions Europe

Harry Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer, Mine Wealth + Wellbeing

Sam Sicilia
Chief Investment Officer, Hostplus

Richard Pauw
Manager Public Affairs, Federation of the Dutch Pension Funds

Kristof Woutters
Head of Pensions & Insurance Relations, Candriam Investors Group

Matti Leppälä
Secretary General, PensionsEurope

Gerard Riemen
Managing Director, Federation of the Dutch Pension Funds

2018 Panelists

Jean-Claude Barboul
Board Member, Agirc-Arrco – France

David Hudson
Global Head of Markets Execution, J.P. Morgan

Martijn van Eck
PensionTech Lead, Holland FinTech

Matt Christensen
Global Head of Responsible Investment, AXA Investment Managers

Jessica Ground
Global Head of Stewardship, Schroders

Claudia Kruse
Managing Director Governance & Sustainability, APG Asset Management

April LaRusse
Head of Fixed Income Product Management, Insight Investment

Marike Knoef
Associate Professor, Leiden University; Board Member, Netspar

Christian Lemaire
Head of Retirement Solutions, Amundi

Ettore Marchetti
Policy Officer, European Commission

Joyce Augustus-Vonken
Marketing Intelligence Specialist, APG

Jonathan Bland
Director, Pension Geeks

Matt Licheri
Executive Manager, Strategy & Customer Experience, TWUSUPER

Anders Lundstrom
Chief Executive Officer, MinPension

Jaakko Kiander
Chief Communications Officer, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company

Per Bremer Rasmussen
Chief Executive Officer, Forsikring & Pension Denmark

Gerard Riemen
Managing Director, Federation of the Dutch Pension Funds

Eva Scheerlinck
Chief Executive Officer, AIST

2018 Facilitator

Barbara Bijelic
Legal Expert on RBC, OECD

Joyce Augustus-Vonken
Marketing Intelligence Specialist, APG Ester Iking, Senior Communications Advisor, ABP

Theo Nijman
Scientific Director, Netspar

Roos Vermeij
Executive Board Member, PME

David Knox
Senior Partner, Mercer

2018 Sponsors

• Mercer