Speakers
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Mike Clark Founder Director, Ario Advisory
Mike is Founder Director of Ario Advisory, a responsible investment advisory firm. He works across the financial system with asset owners, policymakers/regulators, insurers, banks and others. There is a focus on climate change risks. He represents the IFoA (actuaries) on the Oxford Smith School global Advisory Council. He was a NED at Brunel (LGPS) for nearly four years. He supported DWP’s work on the climate provisions of the Pensions Bill, now the 2021 Act, and the DWP-sponsored TPSVI. He was Specialist Adviser to the Commons EAC for their 2018 Green Finance inquiry, and interacts with other Select Committees. Some of his recent work is seeking to establish how the current generation of climate scenario models is based on not-fit-for-purpose economics, and has the potential to breed unwarranted complacency about climate risks.
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Caroline Hopper Lead Consultant, Quietroom
Caroline is a Lead Consultant at Quietroom. Since joining in 2015, she’s helped asset managers communicate with investment consultants, helped fiduciary managers tell their story to trustees, and helped trustee boards talk to their members – in both the calm and the storm. She’s created videos about responsible investing, and animations about pension options. She’s worked on pensions communications and strategy for organisations including the FCA, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nest, the People’s Pension, Prudential, Royal Mail, and SAUL.
Caroline’s an ambassador for the Insuring Women’s Futures programme, a CFA UK Certificate in ESG holder, and a regular public speaker on the power of pensions. She also spent half of last year working at Make My Money Matter, a campaign calling for the trillions of pounds invested in our UK pensions to build a better world.
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Pete Smith Head of Sustainable Investment, Principal, Barnett WaddinghamPete is an experienced investment consultant, predominantly providing advice to pension scheme trustees on constructing and implementing their investment strategies. He is a firm believer in being rewarded for the risks being taken, and ensuring the extent and consequences of those risks are understood. As head of sustainable investment at Barnett Waddingham he is keen to make sure the discussion around sustainability is elevated from ‘doing things better to reduce risk’ to helping clients recognise sustainability and ESG are disruptive long-term changes in thinking. With that comes great opportunity to enhance returns for those who recognise the changes and are positioned to act.
