Chair

Local Pensions Partnership

Lukshmi is a chartered accountant with 20 years pensions experience, initially as a covenant adviser before becoming a professional trustee in 2017 with Capital Cranfield, one of the largest professional trustee firms in the UK. She has a background in corporate restructuring with banks and ‘big four’ accountancy firms and throughout her career she has worked with organisations through periods of change. In addition to chairing most of her pension trustee appointments she is also a Chair of the Scottish Children’s Hearing system in Glasgow where she lives.

Shareholder Non-Executive Director (LPFA)

Local Pensions Partnership

Clare has been a Board member at the London Pensions Fund Authority since 2021 and she joined the LPP Board in January 2024. She has worked in the pensions industry for more than 30 years, having trained as an actuary. She specialises in governance and investment oversight. A large part of her career was spent at Lothian Pension Fund, the local government pension fund in Edinburgh, and includes five years as its Chief Executive. Prior to that Clare worked as an investment consultant. She is also a non-executive director for the Scottish Public Pensions Agency and acts as an observer for the Fife Pension Fund. She lives in East Lothian and chairs her town’s ‘Bloom’ group.

Shareholder Non-Executive Director (LPFA)

Local Pensions Partnership

John Preston is a non-executive director and professional trustee. In addition to his role as Chair of the London Pensions Fund Authority, he is currently Chair of the Sainsbury’s Pension Scheme and Chair of the Medical Research Council Pension Scheme. He is also past Treasurer and Council member of the University of Bath and a past President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. John is a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser. He was a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers for 23 years until 30 June 2014 where he undertook a variety of client-related and management roles, both in the UK and globally. His primary client base was in the financial services sector, including banks, insurers and sovereign wealth funds. His management roles for a large part of the firm’s business included UK chief operating officer and UK head of risk, regulation and external relations in the UK, as well as global head of external relations and regulation.