Speakers
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Paul Torsney Trustee Director, Law Debenture
Paul is an actuary, an Independent Professional Trustee and a former pensions consultant. He joined Law Debenture in 2021 to bring the market leading UK proposition to the Irish market. He is a trustee for a number of Irish pension schemes.
With 20 years’ experience working with trustees and sponsors in all areas of pension provision, Paul is also a Qualified Pension Trustee (QPT), a Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary (CERA) and is both a former council member and the former Chair of the Pensions Committee, of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.
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Gordon Smith Head of Long Income Funds Management - AlphaReal
Gordon is Head of Long Income Funds Management at AlphaReal, having joined the firm in 2008.
He brings a combination of investment banking, real estate and credit expertise, with extensive investment management experience spanning Continental Europe, Ireland, the UK and India. Gordon leads AlphaReal's European platform, overseeing the firm's activities across Europe.
During his tenure, Gordon has been instrumental in expanding AlphaReal's commercial ground rent strategy, successfully completing the firm's first institutional transactions in both Ireland and the Netherlands. These achievements have supported AlphaReal's position as a market leader in commercial ground rents.
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Amrit Somal Associate Director, Client Solutions - AlphaReal
Amrit joined AlphaReal in 2025 to further strengthen the firm’s relationships with institutional investors and support the continued growth of its institutional business.
With approximately eight years’ experience in institutional markets, Amrit brings experience across investment consulting, sales and private markets capital raising. Prior to AlphaReal, he held a number of roles at Legal & General, most recently within the Private Markets Distribution team. Amrit started his career at investment consultancy Redington. Together, these roles have given him a broad understanding of the institutional investment landscape from the asset owner, adviser and investment manager perspectives.
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Lucy Swinton Investment Director - Fidelity International
Lucy joined Fidelity in 2019 and is an Investment Director within Fidelity’s real estate business. She is responsible for commercialising Fidelity’s European real estate capabilities and the development of new solutions to meet our client’s evolving investment requirements.
Lucy has 15 years industry experience and has previously worked as a Relationship Manager covering UK pension schemes at BlackRock. Prior to this she held positions at both Julius Baer and UBS Wealth Management as an Investment Fund Specialist.
Lucy holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Economics from the University of Bath and is a CFA Charterholder.
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Sophie Littler Associate Director - Fidelity International
Sophie is a Private Markets Specialist in the Distribution team at Fidelity International. With more than a decade of experience in private markets, she focuses on developing and delivering growth initiatives across Real Estate, Climate Impact Solutions and Private Debt.
Sophie is responsible for raising capital and building strategic relationships with institutional investors across the UK and Europe, helping to develop tailored private markets solutions.
Previously, Sophie was part of the fundraising and investor relations team at LendInvest, a leading real estate debt manager, where she raised over £250m for the award-winning Real Estate Opportunity Fund, institutionalised the fundraising process, and managed relationships with institutional investors across the UK, Europe and Asia.
Sophie holds the Investment Management Certificate and CAIA Level I certification. She is also passionate about diversity and inclusion and is actively involved in 100 Women in Finance and Global Fund Women initiatives.
