Speakers
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Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL Co-founder of mallowstreet
Dawid is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Redington and mallowstreet with Robert Gardner. Dawid remains involved in mallowstreet as a Board Director.
Most recently Dawid co-founded The #10000BlackInterns programme with Jonathan Sorrell (President of Capstone Investment Advisers), Michael Barrington-Hibbert (founder of Barrington-Hibbert Associates), and Wol Kolade (Managing Partner of Livingbridge), the group which founded #100BlackInterns in August 2020.
Through the #100BlackInterns initiative, leading players in the investment management industry have come together to address the chronic underrepresentation of Black talent in that sector. Since its launch, the programme has garnered extraordinary support with 200 investment management companies offering internships in the Summer of 2021 to Black students in the United Kingdom as a way of attracting a more diverse range of talent to their industry.
Following the launch of #100BlackInterns, the #10000BlackInterns initiative has been designed to help transform the horizons and prospects of young Black people in the United Kingdom. The 10,000 Black Interns programme will offer paid work experience across a wide range of sectors, providing training and development opportunities and creating a sustainable cycle of mentorship and sponsorship for the Black community.
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Peter Wallach Peter Wallach, Director of Pensions (LGPS), Merseyside Pension Fund
Peter is Director of Pensions at MPF and is responsible for all aspects of the fund, its collaboration with the Northern LGPS Investment Pool partner funds, and a member of the GLIL supervisory board.
He has extensive experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining MPF, he worked as an investment manager at Close Wealth Management managing a global balanced portfolio. His career commenced in private banking, with Coutts Bank, where he undertook a variety of portfolio management and client support roles at the Bank.
A governor at Chester University, he also holds an MBA from Sheffield Hallam University, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
