Speakers
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Stephen Bowles - Schroders Stephen Bowles, Head of UK Institutional Defined Contribution, Schroders
Stephen joined the UK Institutional Business Development team in 2008, with responsibility for defined contribution, including sales and marketing to UK defined contribution pension schemes and their consultants. Stephen previously worked at Prudential with responsibility for the institutional investment only platform. Prior to that, as a pensions and investment consultant with Hewitt Associates and was a pension scheme administration manager with both Fidelity and Friends Provident. Commenced pensions/investment career in 1995. Stephen has an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and graduated with a BSc in Economics and Politics from Bath University.
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Lydia Fearn - Redington Lydia Fearn, Head of DC and Financial Wellbeing, Redington .
Lydia Fearn recently joined Redington to fill the newly created role of Head of DC and Financial Wellbeing. Lydia came from the Barclays Corporate & Employer Solutions team where she was responsible for creating solutions and leading investment advice to both pension scheme trustees and sponsors. Prior to Barclays, Lydia worked at Lane Clark & Peacock and Aon Hewitt, where she specialised in investment strategy and advice.
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Mark Thompson - HSBC Pension Fund Mark Thompson is the Chief Investment Officer of the HSBC Bank Pension Trust (UK) Limited. The Trust is a hybrid scheme with a Defined Benefit Section (approx £19bn fum) and a Defined Contribution Section (approx. £1.7bn fum).
Prior to joining HSBC in 2011 Mark held a number of senior investment roles in over 20 years at Prudential/M&G, including UK equity fund manager, Head of Equity Research, Director of Collective Investments, and Investment & Strategy Director for Prudential Europe. While at the Prudential, Mark was also a Trustee of the Prudential's UK Pensions Scheme, where he was a member of the Defined Benefit Asset & Liability Committee and Chair of the Defined Contribution Committee. Mark has a Masters Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.
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Alistair Byrne - State Street Global Advisors Alistair Bryne is a Senior DC Investment Strategist in State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) UK DC business. He is responsible for developing SSGA's investment proposition for UK DC clients, working with consultants, platforms, plan sponsors and trustees. Alistair joined SSGA in 2014. Prior to joining SSGA, Alistair was a Senior DC Investment Consultant at Towers Watson, where he advised a number of large DC plans and led a team of consultants and analysts. He has over 20 years professional experience, including as a management consultant advising financial services firms, a business school academic and a number of senior investment management roles at AEGON UK. Alistair is an honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh Business School, and a Fellow of the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School in London. He is known for thought leadership in the DC market and his research has been widely published. Alistair has a PhD in finance from the University of Strathclyde and is a CFA charter holder.
