Chair

LPP Investments

Sally is an actuary with pensions and investment experience both as an adviser and a trustee. She combines consultancy for Avida International with a number of complementary Non-Executive and advisory roles. Sally is a Non-Executive Director at insurer Royal London and at Impax Asset Management plc. Until recently she was a trustee at the Lloyds Bank pension schemes and the Nuclear Liabilities Fund. An Honorary Group Captain with 601 (County of London) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Sally is also a trustee of the RAF Central Fund. Sally currently serves on the Royal Society’s Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) and chairs the Strategic Advisory Board of Loughborough University’s Centre for Mathematical Cognition. In her Executive career, Sally served as the Chief Executive Officer of BP Pension Trustees Limited having previously spent twenty years with Aon Hewitt (originally Bacon & Woodrow) as a pensions consultant and in investment research and innovation. In Professional Pensions’ inaugural Women in Pensions awards, Sally was named a Role Model of the Year 2018. She received the Worshipful Company of Actuaries’ Award of Honour in January 2020.

Non-Executive Director

LPP Investments

Martin is also a Member of the LPP Investments Risk Committee

Martin is an independent consultant with over 20 years experience in the banking, asset management and pensions sectors. Martin has worked with the asset management divisions of pension funds in both the UK and overseas, helping to define their strategic plans, set up their operations and governance structures, and implement major change programmes. Martin’s previous roles include senior management positions with Ashmore, Rothschild, Citigroup and HSBC. Martin has extensive experience in directorships having set up managed corporate entities, collective investment vehicles and special purpose vehicles on an international basis.

Non-Executive Director

LPP Investments

Chair of the LPP Investments Audit and Risk Committee

Robert Vandersluis is the Director of Global Pension Investments at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), where he manages £20 billion of investments and a substantial derivative portfolio. At GSK, Robert sits on a number of pension boards, and he provides strategic advice to GSK’s pension fund trustees in Europe, the United States and Japan. Robert established GSK’s London-based pension investment department, where he developed and implemented GSK’s interest rate and inflation hedging strategies. Robert’s previous roles include senior treasury and corporate finance positions at Affinity Sutton Group and FCE Bank plc. He also served on the board of the Pensions Trust, where he was Deputy Chair of the Investment Committee. Robert studied economics and public policy at the London School of Economics, the University of Michigan, Cambridge University, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Robert Vandersluis is the Director of Global Pension Investments at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), where he manages £20 billion of investments and a substantial derivative portfolio. At GSK, Robert sits on a number of pension boards, and he provides strategic advice to GSK’s pension fund trustees in Europe, the United States and Japan. Robert established GSK’s London-based pension investment department, where he developed and implemented GSK’s interest rate and inflation hedging strategies. Robert’s previous roles include senior treasury and corporate finance positions at Affinity Sutton Group and FCE Bank plc. He also served on the board of the Pensions Trust, where he was Deputy Chair of the Investment Committee. Robert studied economics and public policy at the London School of Economics, the University of Michigan, Cambridge University, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Chief Executive Officer LPP and LPPI

LPP Investments

Executive Director on LPP and LPPI Board, Chair of LPP and LPPI Executive Committee, Chair of the LPPI Investment Committee

Chris is the Chief Executive for both LPP Group and LPPI Ltd, LPP’s Investment business. Chris has been with LPP since its inception and is an architect of investment structures and governance. Prior to joining LPP in 2016, Chris was CIO at London Pensions Fund Authority, one of LPP’s founding clients. Working collaboratively with Northern LGPS, Chris founded and manages GLIL Infrastructure, an Alternative Investment Fund focused on investing in UK infrastructure assets. Chris has 20 years of investment experience. He has held several senior positions including Head of Alternatives at SEB Investment Management, as well as founding and co-managing the multi-strategy team whilst a Principal at Old Mutual Asset Managers. Earlier in his career, Chris was trained as a risk manager at GNI Fund Management, before taking on investment management responsibility for hedge fund portfolios. Chris graduated from Manchester University and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Chief Operating Officer

LPP Investments

Executive Director on LPP Investments Board

Tom joined LPP in July 2016 from the Maple Financial Group, where he spent almost 20 years building his skills in different parts of the business including Operations and Finance. From 2008, he was the Chief Risk Officer (Market Risk), Global, a role that saw him drive the management and communication of Maple’s business line policies within an economic capital framework totaling £400 million. Tom’s areas of responsibility included capital planning and the measurement and reporting of market risk where he led the design and implementation of risk methodologies, policies and procedures to meet both internal and regulatory objectives, including Value at Risk, Credit Capital at Risk, scenario analysis and stress testing. At LPP, Tom is also responsible for leadership of LPPI’s operational platform including its risk and control functions. Tom graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc in Economics and Politics. He also holds a Certificate in Securities from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Non-Executive Director

LPP Investments

Member of the LPP Investments Audit and Risk Committee

Sarah holds a number of board positions across the public and private sectors, which reflect her experience and interest in financial services and technology, data and digital, government, higher education and international development. She is a Commissioner, a Non-Executive Director of a Hong Kong based financial technology firm, Valoot Technologies Ltd; a Non-Executive Director of United Trust Bank, a UK based specialist lender; and a Director of CG Pension Trustee Ltd, the company responsible for the management of Citi (UK) pension plans. Sarah is also a member of the Board of Advisors of a US based technology company, data.world. Sarah previously enjoyed an executive banking career at Citigroup. Sarah was recently recognised as one of the 100 Women to Watch in The Female FTSE Board Report 2018, an annual benchmarking report and supplement published by Cranfield University.

Chief Investment Officer

LPP Investments

Richard is CIO at LPPI and has responsibility for management of all investment and client activity.

Richard has over 19 years of investment experience. Prior to joining LPP in 2017, Richard was Head of Portfolio Advisory (EMEA) at Albourne Partners for six years where he advised European investors on alternative investments, portfolio construction and risk management. Earlier in his career, Richard was Head of Multi-Strategy at Old Mutual Asset Managers and prior to this an analyst at GNI Fund Management. Richard holds a degree and a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Chief Financial Officer

LPP Investments

Executive Director

Adrian joined LPP in November 2018. With over 30 years of financial services experience, mainly in the asset and wealth management sectors, Adrian has worked at Barclays Capital, JP Morgan Asset Management and Fidelity. Adrian’s recent roles include Finance Director UK at Edmond de Rothschild, Partner and Finance Director at Killik & Co, and CFO at Sarasin & Partners. Adrian qualified as a chartered accountant while at KPMG and is a fellow of the ICAEW. He graduated from Exeter University with a BA (comb hons) degree in Economics and Statistics.