Speakers
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Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL Co-founder, 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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Alan Baker Independent Professional Trustee
Alan is an independent trustee with experience of DB and DC funds ranging from £7m to £30bn. He has a broad background in investment strategy, asset allocation and risk management, including fiduciary management and the development of cash flow matching strategies and hedging solutions. Alan has extensive experience of de-risking through bulk annuities and longevity swaps, both as a trustee and adviser, and has been involved in the development of a range of end-game strategies covering insurance as well as run-off / run-on approaches. His DB and DC pensions experience is backed by leadership and strategic advice roles in pensions, insurance and banking (including M&A and restructuring).
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Julie Alexander Trustee Fiduciary Services, Railpen
Julie has spent much of her 25-year career helping large pension schemes invest their assets, working for two of the world’s largest commercial fiduciary managers as well as for large asset owners. Her first in-house role was as an Investment Officer with the Coal Pension Schemes (£26bn in assets at the time). She spent 13 years at WTW as a Senior Investment Consultant advising a wide range of Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension schemes on all aspects of their investment strategy. During her tenure at WTW, she also took on the role of Head of Consultant Relations.
Most recently, she worked with the large Dutch fiduciary manager Kempen, helping them grow their UK DB fiduciary business and leading their UK DC fiduciary proposition. Jules has advised in excess of £90bn in assets both in the UK and in Europe."
Julie has an MA (hons) in Economics from Edinburgh University. She has been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to give investment advice since 2008.
