Chair

Local Pensions Partnership

Fiona is a qualified lawyer who spent most of her executive career in the energy industry. She was a board director and company secretary for E.ON with accountability for a range of governance related activities including legal, health and safety, stakeholder communications, and sustainability. Fiona has 30 years of experience as a pension scheme trustee and currently chairs a number of schemes in various sectors through Capital Cranfield, one of the largest professional trustee firms in the UK. She lives in Stratford Upon Avon where she is a trustee of Municipal Charities which manages the town’s Almshouses. She has chaired a number of boards in the not-for-profit sector during her career.

Shareholder Non-Executive Director (LCC)

Local Pensions Partnership

Alan is also a Member of the LPP and LPPI Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Councillor Schofield was elected to Lancashire County Council in May 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Prior to becoming a County Councillor, Alan held senior financial management posts in the Water Services industry at several locations, before moving to a local government career in 1992. He served in a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester and then progressed upward at three local authorities in Cumbria and Lancashire, retiring in 2011. Alan is a life member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). At Lancashire, he is a member of the Pension Fund Committee (currently Deputy Chair); and participated from the outset in the high level working party deliberating on, and overseeing, the preparations and approval stages toward achieving the April 2016 establishment of LPP. Also at Lancashire County Council, Alan chairs the Audit, Risk and Governance Committee. Outside the county council, Alan is the LCC appointed governor on a primary and a high school governing board, a Trustee Director of a Citizens Advice Bureau and a Parish Councillor.

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 (LCC)

Local Pensions Partnership

Councillor Charlie Edwards has been appointed by Lancashire County Council to serve as a non-executive director of the Local Pensions Partnership. He was first elected in May 2017 and has served as the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, and previously the Lead Member for Health and Adult Services. He is a member of the Council's Pension Fund Committee, and also served on the committee between 2017-2021. He represents the division of Morecambe South and has previously served on Lancaster City Council. In his professional career, he has owned a number of hospitality businesses in Morecambe and lives in the town with his partner, Sophie and their young son, Louie. He takes an active role within his local community, leading a campaign to bring back the Illuminations, helping to set up the Morecambe Music Festival, and supporting Morecambe Football Club, especially when his beloved West Ham are not playing. Charlie is also a passionate advocate for public transport and has served as the Vice-Chair of the Transport for the North Board.

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.