Speakers
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Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL Co-founder, mallowstreet
Dawid is Co-founder of Redington, mallowstreet and 10,000 Interns – a charitable foundation arranging internships for undergraduates either of Black heritage or those with a disability.
Dawid qualified as a barrister in 1987 and then spent 16 years in investment banking. He was named Black British Business Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018 and was on the Prime Minister’s Business Council 2022. Later that year, he was awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List.
Dawid is passionate about mentoring young people and helping them learn to speak confidently in public so that they can tell their story and ‘hold the room spellbound’. Heis also on the Boards of several charitable organisationsincluding Mission 44 and Somerset House.
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Louise Jack Chief Operating and Financial Officer and LPPI Board Member, LPPI
Louise 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 at Macquarie Group from 2008 to 2019 as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of their funds division where she focussed on private markets; and more latterly was the Portfolio Company Lead and Chief Operating Officer at Shell Energy Trading, a position she held since 2019. 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.
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Colin Standish Co-head of Equities, West Yorkshire Pension Fund
Colin’s career in pensions spans 30 years and began at GMPF in 1993. He joined WYPF in 2000, managing part of the UK equity portfolio, before moving across to managing the North American portfolio in 2008. In 2014, he was promoted to Head of Overseas equities with responsibility for other areas including bonds and treasury. Today, Colin is Co-head of Equities and directly runs the North American portfolio worth over £3.5bn.
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Tony English Head of LGPS Investment, Mercer a Marsh Business
Tony is a Partner and Head of LGPS Investment for Mercer, a Marsh business. In addition to LGPS funds, he also advises a number of other institutional investors, including corporate pension funds and trust funds.
Tony has over 25 years of investment experience. 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. He also regularly facilitates trustee training courses. Tony graduated with a degree in Physics from the University of Warwick.
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 the CFA Institute. Tony also represents Mercer on SAB’s Investment Committee and the AIMSE Europe Council.
