Speakers
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Tony English Head of LGPS Investment, Mercer
Tony is a Senior Investment Consultant and Head of LGPS Investment for Mercer and is based in London. In addition to LGPS funds, Tony also advises a number of other institutional investors including corporate pension funds and trust funds.
Tony has over 24 years of investment experience, having joined Mercer in 1999. During this time he has been involved in a wide variety of projects, including investment strategy, manager selections, private markets, ESG policies (including climate change) and pension risk transfer. Tony also regularly facilitates trustee training courses.
Tony graduated with a degree in physics from the University of Warwick in 1996. He is an Associate of the CFA Society of the UK ('CFA UK'), holds the Certificate in ESG Investing and is a regular member of CFA Institute. Tony represents Mercer on the Society of Pension Professionals' ('SPP') Investment Committee, SAB’s IGE Committee and the AIMSE Europe Council.
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Sally Bridgeland Chair, Local Pensions Partnership Investments Limited
Sally is an actuary with extensive experience in innovation, risk management and responsible investment across investment management and pensions. She was CEO of the BP Pension Scheme in 2007-14 after twenty years with Aon Hewitt working as a consultant and in investment research.
Sally’s non-executive portfolio currently includes Chair at Impax Asset Management Group plc, non-executive director at insurers Royal London, Pension Insurance Corporation and Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance.
Sally’s passion for maths education is evident in her voluntary work as a member of the Royal Society’s Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) and as Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board for the Centre for Mathematical Cognition at Loughborough University.
Sally is an Honorary Group Captain in 601 Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, introducing diverse ideas to the way that the Senior Leadership Team of the RAF think and work.