Chair

LPP Investments

Jon has 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, 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 1991 to 2000 he worked for Fidelity Investments and subsequently for J P Morgan. 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

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

Non-Executive Director

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Member of the LPP Investments Audit and Risk Committee

Following an executive career in corporate banking at Citigroup, Sarah is currently a non-executive director at National Employment Savings Trust Corporation (Nest), a non-executive director of United Trust Bank, and a member of the board of advisors of data.world. She was previously a director of CG Pension Trustees. Sarah has held public appointments as a civil service commissioner and a Commonwealth scholarship commissioner. She has also been a visiting executive at London Business School. Sarah was recognised as one of the 100 Women to Watch in The Female FTSE Board Report 2018, and is an ambassador for Women on Boards UK.

Chief Investment Officer

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Richard is CIO at LPPI and has responsibility for management of all investment and client 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 master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Non-Executive Director

Margaret has over 25 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 both 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

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Martin is also a Member of the LPP Investments Risk Committee

Martin has over 25 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. Martin is currently Chief Operating Officer of BT Pension Scheme Management, and his 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

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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.

Non-Executive Director

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 currently Morgan Sindall, MORhomes and Southern Water. Malcolm’s pensions and fund management experience includes chair of trustees for an £18 billion defined benefit pension scheme 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

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