Speakers
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Simon Chinnery Simon is Head of U.K. Defined Contribution for J.P.Morgan Asset Management. He worked as a senior client advisor for the U.K. Institutional Team before taking on his current role. Simon's prior experience includes Director of U.K. institutional client service, ABN AMRO Asset Management; Assistant Director, Schroder Investment Management; pooled pension client service. Simon also worked on the pooled pensions team at Gartmore Investments. Before that, he served as a Registered Representative for a large private client firm. -
Andy Dickson Andrew joined Standard Life Investments in 2010, having previously worked for 18 years at Standard Life, where he was responsible for delivering innovative defined contribution pension solutions for some of the UK’s largest employers. Andrew has responsibility for delivering investment solutions to institutional clients that directly benefit both DB and DC pension funds and help clients meet their long-term investment goals. Andrew is a regular contributor in the pension trade press and presenter at leading pension and investment conferences in the UK and overseas.
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Nigel Aston Nigel is a Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and the Head of European Defined Contribution. He is responsible for the direction of the UK and European business, part of the SSGA global DC franchise. He leads on proposition development, strategic marketing and sales. Nigel is a frequent commentator on DC investment issues in the press, as well as being a regular speaker at conferences and in the media. He is the key company DC liaison with industry, government and regulatory bodies and sits on the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) External Affairs Committee, Investment Management Association (IMA) and the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) Global Committee. Nigel brings to the role a strong client service background, extensive experience in leading distribution and marketing teams and driving product design. He has been involved with workplace DC investment products for his whole career and is passionate about helping to give workplace savers a more confident retirement. Prior to joining SSGA, Nigel was a director at DCisions, a technology start-up focused on understanding the behaviours and outcomes of DC savers through data analytics. His previous experience also includes time as head of strategy and proposition at Standard Life and a number of roles at AXA, including investment strategy director.
