Speakers
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Trevor Castledine Chief Client & Advisory Officer - LGPS Central
Trevor is Chief Client and Advisory Officer at LGPS Central Limited. He has extensive LGPS and broader investment management experience and has worked as an investment consultant recognised as a leading expert in private market investment. A Chartered Accountant and former Investment Banker, Trevor has been a member of the LGPS community since working as Deputy CIO at Lancashire County Pension Fund (LCPF) and then Deputy CIO and Investment Director for Private Credit at LGPS pooling entity LPPI. Before joining LGPS Central, Trevor served as an Independent Adviser to the South Yorkshire Pensions Authority.
Alongside his role at LGPS Central, Trevor acts as an NED on the board of a regional direct lending fund manager based in the Northeast of England.
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Dean Heaney Head of Sales and Distribution — Mercia Asset Management
Dean joined Mercia in 2025 to lead its institutional distribution strategy, with a focus on building strong relationships with pension schemes, insurers, and financial institutions. He has over 20 years of experience in asset management, including senior roles at Franklin Templeton, Invesco, and Royal London Asset Management.
At Mercia, Dean is responsible for shaping and executing the firm’s engagement with institutional investors, helping to align Mercia’s private market capabilities with long-term client objectives. He holds a degree in International Business and Finance and is an IMC holder.
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Ed Bradburn Deputy Head of Property Finance - Frontier Development Capital — Mercia Asset Management
Ed joined the property team from HSBC where he worked primarily in Corporate Banking and Real Estate Finance. A qualified banker, with extensive knowledge of the structuring, negotiation and execution of real estate transactions across a broad range of sectors. Ed is Deputy Head of the team responsible for the growth, delivery, modelling and management of the property funds.
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Maria Gendelman Investor Relations, UK & Ireland - CFMMaria is responsible for UK and Irish investors at CFM. Maria started her career in the Deutsche Bank Cap Intro team after which she moved to the buy side, working at Marshall Wace and Syquant Capital before joining CFM in London at the beginning of 2023.
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Martin Jost Head of Product Specialist - CFM
Based in Paris, Martin is CFM's Head Product Specialist within the Business Development team, working with institutional investors globally. He works closely with the Research team and is responsible of a team running technical analyses for clients and communicating CFM’s investment approach for its various investment programs. Martin has over 15 years of experience in the financial industry and has previously worked in London in the Investment Banking division of Rabobank and Société Générale, where he structured equity derivatives and hybrid trading strategies. He graduated from Centrale-Supélec engineering school, earned a BS. in Economics from Université Paris Sud, and an MSc in Finance with Distinction from Imperial College London where he studied financial engineering.
