Chair

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Jon is also a Member of the LPPI Remuneration Committee

Jon has more than 35 years of asset management experience and two decades of international CEO experience in public and private asset management, with a proven track record of building successful businesses and managing, motivating and inspiring large teams for complex, global diverse organisations. Jon is the founder and managing partner of Alderwood Partners, an asset management advisory firm, and was previously managing partner of Northill Capital, an investor in asset management boutiques, which he founded in 2010 before leaving in late 2019 and then selling his stake in the business in 2020. From 2000 to 2010 Jon was the vice chairman and CEO of BNY Mellon’s international asset management business and chair of Dreyfus, the US mutual fund manager, and of Insight, now one of Europe’s largest asset management firms. From 1997 to 2000, Jon was vice president and head of international funds distribution at JP Morgan Asset Management, and from 1991 to 1997 he worked for Fidelity Investments. Jon also has extensive board governance experience across multiple regulated markets including UK, US, Europe, Australia and Asia. He has been a non-executive director of Jupiter Fund Management and Quilter plc where he also chaired Quilter Investors. Jon also currently sits on the board of the Oxford Brookes University Endowment’s investment committee as non-executive chair.

Chief Executive Officer, LPP and LPPI

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Executive Director on the LPPI Board, Chair of the LPPI Executive and Investment Committees

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.

Non-Executive Director

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Member of the LPPI Audit and Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee

Sarah is an experienced financial services senior executive and non-executive director. Following an executive career in corporate banking at Citigroup, Sarah is currently a portfolio non-executive director on the boards of National Employment Savings Trust Corporation (Nest), United Trust Bank, and JP Morgan Global Growth and Income plc (JGGI). Sarah was formerly a commissioner on the Civil Service Commission, an independent regulator that oversees appointments to the Civil Service. Sarah holds an MBA from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and the Financial Times Non-Executive Director Diploma.

Chief Investment Officer

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Executive Director on the LPPI Board and Chair of the Stewardship Committee

Richard is CIO at LPPI and has responsibility for management of all investment activity. Richard has more than 20 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 masters degree in engineering from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Non-Executive Director

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Member of the LPPI Audit and Risk Committee

Margaret has over 30 years’ experience in financial services, having worked in investment banking, consulting and asset management sectors. She is currently the Chief Risk Officer at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), where she is responsible for the independent oversight of risk and compliance across LGIM’s global operations. She has previously held senior risk roles at asset management firms including M&G Investments, Schroders and First State. She has worked in the UK, Asia and Australia. In addition to her executive roles, Margaret has held non-executive roles at Global Prime Partners and the Pension Protection Fund. Margaret holds a Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities institute of Australia, and a BA in Accounting from the University of Canberra. She is also a certified Financial Risk Manager with the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Non-Executive Director

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Chair of the LPPI Remuneration Committee and a member of the LPPI Audit and Risk Committee

Martin has more than 30 years' experience in the banking, asset management and pensions sectors and has worked with the in-house asset management divisions of pension funds in both the UK and overseas, helping to define their strategic plans, set up their operations and governance structures, and implement major change programmes. Most recently, Martin was the chief risk officer, and prior to that the chief operating officer, of BT Pension Scheme Management. His other previous roles include senior management positions with Ashmore, Rothschild, Citigroup and HSBC. Martin has extensive experience in directorships having set up managed corporate entities, collective investment vehicles and special purpose vehicles on an international basis.

Chief Operating Officer (including CFO accountabilities)

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Executive Director on the LPPI Board

Louise Jack joined LPPI in September 2023 to lead the Chief Operating Officer directorate comprising finance, investment operations, IT and business change. She is also Chair of the Funds Launch and Product Governance Committee 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.

Non-Executive Director

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Chair of the LPPI Audit and Risk Committee

Malcolm Cooper worked at National Grid for a number of years and since 2007 has held non-executive roles and chaired audit committees at listed businesses across several sectors including CLS Holdings and Morgan Sindall. Malcolm currently chairs the audit and risk and remuneration committees at Southern Water, and the audit and risk committee at Custodian Property Income REIT, and is the Chairman of MORhomes. Malcolm’s pensions and fund management experience includes chair of trustees for an £18 billion defined benefit pension scheme, the chair and in-house fund managers and direct and direct responsibility for $10 billion of assets for National Grid (US) pension plans. Malcolm has also been a member of the Listing Authority Advisory Panel (of the Financial Conduct Authority), president of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, and chair of the Education Committee of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Chief Risk Officer

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Executive Director on the LPPI Board and Chair of the Fair Value Pricing Committee

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 LPPI, 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. He also holds a Certificate in Securities from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.