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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Elizabeth Hartree Trustee Director, Law Debenture Pension Trustees
Elizabeth joined LawDeb from Railpen, where she was Legal Director. She is an APPT-accredited Professional Pension Trustee and her professional appointments include chair and co-trustee roles, including Chair of the Royal Mail DC Plan. In her practice, Elizabeth is experienced across all aspects of trusteeship, with a particular focus on cyber, governance and risk management. She is passionate about DC and members’ financial wellbeing. Elizabeth focuses on good outcomes and firmly believes there are win-win solutions for Members, Trustees, Employers and other stakeholders, where there is a will to collaborate. Prior to becoming a professional trustee, she was a senior technology lawyer for 20 years, both in international law firms and FTSE 100 companies.
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Paul Waters Partner - Head of DC Markets, Hymans Robertson
Paul is a Partner in the firm and is Head of DC Markets, overseeing the way we meet the needs of future clients and savers. He is passionate about delivering better outcomes for the DC only generation coming through to retirement.
Paul typically works with employers and providers or financial services businesses on proposition design and distribution engagements.
Innovative benefit design is a core part of Paul's role and he has focused extensively on Collective DC and other forms of pooled risk retirement propositions in recent years.
Paul has also been responsible for our digital solutions for the workplace pension and retail wealth markets, including our Guided Outcomes® DC digital engagement proposition, Investment Pathways product and retail advised decumulation solutions.
In additional Paul is a trustee of the Hymans Robertson Foundation which supports young people and communities in education, employment and training.
