Tuesday 6th May

 

Devil’s Advocates | Afternoon
Dafydd Edwards, Independent Board Chair, Powys Pension Fund
Jamie Hanley, Head of UK & Partner, Labaton Keller Sucharow

 

11:00 – 11:30
Registration

 

11:30 – 11:35
Chair’s Opening Remarks

Chair
John Harrison
Adviser
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership & Staffordshire Pension Fund

11:35 – 12:05
Interview

Interviewer
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Interviewee
Richard White
Executive Director
Illinois Police Officers’ Pension Investment Fund (IPOPIF)

12:05 – 12:55
Panel: Implementing government policy for pooling assets – a pool perspective

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
Kevin McDonald
Director
ACCESS Support Unit

Joe McDonnell
Chief Investment Officer
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

Euan Miller
Managing Director
West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Richard Tomlinson
Chief Investment Officer
LPPI

Joe Webster
COO
Brunel Pension Partnership

 

12:55 – 13:40
Light Lunch

 

13:40 – 14:20
Panel: Local investment projects in practice

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
Peter Bachmann
Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure
Gresham House

John Lynch
Managing Director
J.P. Morgan Asset Management

14:20 – 15:00
Panel: Investment trends and the impact on strategy

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
William Bourne
Independent Adviser

Nick Dixon
Head of Pensions
Avon Pension Fund

Chris Katanchian
Portfolio Analyst
T. Rowe Price

15:00 – 15:40
Panel: Strategy perspective (Fixed income)

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
Ian Bettney
Portfolio Manager
Janus Henderson

Shiventa Sivanesan
Head of Investment Management & Stewardship
West Midlands Pension Fund

 

15:40 – 16:00
Break

 

16:00 – 16:40
Panel: Strategy perspective (Equities)

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
Mark Davies
Head of Public Markets
LGPS Central

Rebecca Irwin
Managing Director
Jennison Associates

Thomas Kieselstein
Senior Partner & Co-Founder
Quoniam Asset Management

Colin Standish
Assistant Director (Overseas Equities)
West Yorkshire Pension Fund

16:40 – 17:10
Interview

Interviewer
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Interviewees
John Chilman
Former Chief Executive of Railpen

Naomi Clark
Head of Investment Product Management
USS

17:10 – 17:20
Devil’s Advocate Summaries

17:20 – 17:30
Chair’s Closing Remarks & Delegate Observations

Chair
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

 

17:30
Private key collection and Check-in

18:30
Mini golf

19:30
BBQ Buffet

Wednesday 7th May

 

Devil’s Advocates | Morning
Joanne Donnelly, CEO, LPFA
Neil Mason, LGPS Senior Officer, Surrey County Council

 

09:00 – 09:05
Chair’s Opening Remarks

Chair
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

09:05 – 09:45
Panel: Strategy perspective (Property)

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
Mark Evans
Head of Property and Commercial Development
Royal London Asset Management

Speaker to be confirmed: Pluto Finance

09:45 – 10:25
Panel: Strategy perspective (Private markets)

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
Jason Cogley
Managing Director
Fiera Infrastructure

Adil Manzoor
Head of Private Markets
Merseyside Pension Fund

Speaker to be confirmed: HarbourVest Partners

10:25 – 11:10
Team Challenge: Improving pool administration, communication & governance

Facilitator
Robert Branagh
Pensions Trustee

 

11:10 – 11:35
Break

 

11:35 – 11:50
Team Challenge results

Facilitator
Robert Branagh
Pensions Trustee

11:50 – 12:30
Panel: Net zero

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Speakers to be confirmed: Bluefield Partners and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

12:30 – 12:40
Devil’s Advocate Summaries

 

12:40 – 13:40
Lunch

 

Devil’s Advocates | Afternoon
Abigail Leech, Director of Finance, People and Culture, LPPA

 

13:40 – 14:20
Panel: Building local impact solutions across the private asset classes

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
Mark Lyon
Deputy CIO
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

James Murray
Head of Social Infrastructure
AlphaReal Capital

Speaker to be confirmed: Schroders Capital

14:20 – 15:00
Panel: Making effective strategic asset allocation decisions

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
Philip Hebson
Independent Adviser

Neil Mason
Senior LGPS Officer
Surrey County Council

Chris Rule
CEO
LPPI

15:00 – 15:40
Panel: Private debt

Moderator
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Panellists
Lalantika Medema
Product Strategist
PIMCO

Kunal Shah
Managing Director
Brightwood Capital Advisors

 

15:40 – 16:05
Break

 

16:05 – 16:35
Interview: Performance

Interviewer
John Harrison
Symposium Chair

Interviewee
Christopher Sier
CEO
Clearglass

16:35 – 17:25
Panel: What lies ahead?

Moderator
Jeff Houston
Independent Adviser

Panellists
Trevor Castledine
Chief Commercial Officer
LGPS Central

Matthew Graham
Chief Business Development Officer
LPPI

Ewan McCulloch
Chief Stakeholder
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

Andrien Meyers
Chief Commercial Officer
London CIV

Anthony Parnell
Treasury and Pension Investments Manager
Carmarthenshire County Council

17:25 – 17:35
Devil’s Advocate Summaries

17:35 – 17:40
Chair’s Closing Remarks & Delegate Observations

Chair
John Harrison
Adviser
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership & Staffordshire Pension Fund

 

17:40
Drinks Reception

19:00
Dinner and Guest Speaker

Speaker
Mark Foster
Former Olympic swimmer and world record holder.