Chief Executive Officer, LPP and LPPI

LPP, LPP Investments and LPP Administration

Executive Director on LPP and LPPI Boards, Chair of LPP and LPPI Executive Committees, Chair of the LPPI Investment Committee

Chris joined the LPP Group in 2016 as Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI). He was appointed Chief Executive of LPPI and LPP Group in 2019 and is responsible for direct leadership of the LPPI business as well as providing oversight of LPPA, LPP’s pension administration subsidiary. Beginning his career as an investment risk manager, Chris is a chartered alternative investment analyst and has over 20 years’ experience in managing a variety of investment portfolios and businesses as both a direct investor and as an allocator of capital. Chris holds a number of non-executive roles including positions within the renewables and project finance sectors, the Transition Pathway Initiative and the Church of England Pensions Board Investment Committee. He also sits on the GLIL Infrastructure LLP Supervisory Board and Investment Committee.

Managing Director, LPPA

LPP Administration

Jo Darbyshire joined LPP in April 2019 where she is responsible for leading the business to continue to drive a programme of building a strong and sector-leading pension administration offering which focuses and delivers on increased operational efficiency for clients, tailored and effective member communications, robust risk and data management. Jo brings a wealth of experience in the life and pensions sector. She held several senior roles at the Co-operative Group including Head of Co-operative Life Planning and Head of Commercial and Strategy. Jo currently holds a Non-Executive Trustee and Director position at the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership.

Chief Risk Officer, LPPI

LPP Investments

Executive Director on LPP Investments Board

Tom joined LPP in July 2016 from the Maple Financial Group, where he spent almost 20 years building his skills in different parts of the business including Operations and Finance. From 2008, he was the Chief Risk Officer (Market Risk), Global, a role that saw him drive the management and communication of Maple’s business line policies within an economic capital framework totalling £400 million. Tom’s areas of responsibility included capital planning and the measurement and reporting of market risk where he led the design and implementation of risk methodologies, policies and procedures to meet both internal and regulatory objectives, including Value at Risk, Credit Capital at Risk, scenario analysis and stress testing. At LPP, Tom is also responsible for leadership of LPPI’s operational platform including its risk and control functions Tom graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc in Economics and Politics. He also holds a Certificate in Securities from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Chief Operating Officer, LPPI

LPP Investments

Executive Director on LPP Investments Board

Louise Jack joined LPPI in September 2023 to lead the Chief Operating Officer directorate comprising finance, investment operations, IT and business change. Louise's expertise in platform scalability and business growth spans 20+ years in financial services and includes product innovation, fund administration, organisational design, and technology. Louise was most recently Portfolio Company Lead and Chief Operating Officer at Shell Energy Trading, a position she held since 2019, with a brief spell as Chief Operating Officer at Woodsford Tradebridge, a fintech start up. Prior to that Louise was at Macquarie Group from 2008 to 2019 as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of their funds division. She began her career at PwC in the London and Sydney offices, and is a Chartered Accountant. A strategic thinker, Louise has won multiple awards for leading high performing and diverse teams. A previous non-executive director of British Eventing, Louise is a keen equestrian; and also enjoys spending time with her family.

Chief Investment Officer, LPPI

LPP Investments

Richard is CIO at LPPI and has responsibility for management of all investment and client activity. Richard has over 19 years of investment experience. Prior to joining LPP in 2017, Richard was Head of Portfolio Advisory (EMEA) at Albourne Partners for six years where he advised European investors on alternative investments, portfolio construction and risk management. Earlier in his career, Richard was Head of Multi-Strategy at Old Mutual Asset Managers and prior to this an analyst at GNI Fund Management. Richard holds a degree and a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.