Speakers 2023

Chairman

David Otudeko, Assistant Director, Head of Prudential Regulation, Association of British Insurers (ABI)
David is a member of the ABI Prudential Regulation team. He leads the development and promotion of the ABI’s Prudential Regulation strategy, policy, and proposals on areas such as Solvency II and on wider issues that affect the UK Insurance and long-term savings industry both domestically and internationally. More...

Keynote speaker
Alan Sheppard, Senior Adviser in Insurance Supervision, PRA
Alan is a senior insurance advisor in the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulatory Authority, specializing in strategy, external engagement, and policy. More...



 Speakers
Borja Azpilicueta, Head of Capital Solutions, HSBC Asset Management
Borja Azpilicueta is Head of Capital Solutions, a business unit within Alternatives, HSBC Asset Management, based in London. More...



Chris Bray, Investment Analyst, Hiscox
Chris has been an investment analyst in Hiscox Group’s investment team since 2019, after graduating in 2017 and having previously worked in financial consulting and equity fund management. More...

Elizabeth Cain, Head of Debt Origination, PIC
Elizabeth is responsible for the private debt team at PIC, which sources investment grade private credit across a range of sectors including social housing, infrastructure, structured credit and corporate private placements. More...

Punil Chaubal, Insurance Investment Advisory Leader, WTW
Punil is the Insurance Investment Advisory Leader at WTW. He leads a team of over 25 dedicated insurance investment professionals advising on over $400bn of assets globally. More...

Quentin Fitzsimmons, Global Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, T. Rowe Price 
Quentin Fitzsimmons is a senior portfolio manager in the fixed income division of T. Rowe Price and a member of the global fixed income investment team. He is co-portfolio manager for the Global Aggregate Bond Strategy. More...

Bianca Hanscombe, Head of Sustainable Investments, Aviva UK Life
Bianca took on the role of Head of Sustainable Investments at Aviva UK Life in 2020, where she leads the development of Aviva UK Life’s sustainable investment strategy. More...


Hilkka Komulainen, Head of Responsible Investment, Aegon UK
Hilkka joined Aegon UK in 2021 to head up the newly established responsible investment team and to drive forward Aegon’s responsible investment proposition for the workplace and retail investment business. More...

Sindhu Krishna, Head of Sustainable Investments, Phoenix Group
Sindhu Krishna is the head of Sustainable Investments team at the Phoenix Group, and her team is responsible for integrating ESG considerations within the investment portfolios of the Group. More...


Arnaud Lebreton, Third Party Insurance Solutions, Head of AXA US & UK CRM and Deputy Head of AXA Relationship
 Arnaud Lebreton is Head of AXA US & UK CRM and Deputy Head of AXA Relationship within the AXA Solutions and Client Relationship team at AXA IM Core. More...

Jon Levy, Global Strategist, Loomis, Sayles & Company.
Jon Levy is a global strategist covering European markets for the macro strategies
group at Loomis, Sayles & Company. He also contributes to the firm’s macro
views. More...

Skye Macpherson, Managing Director, Head of Global Asset Management, Nuveen Natural Capital
Skye oversees portfolio strategy, construction, and monitoring of Nuveen Natural Capital's farmland products, as well as leading Nuveen Natural Capital's research, distribution and client services functions. More...

Prasun Mathur, Head of Private Assets, Aviva UK Life
Prasun joined Aviva in October 2016 where he is responsible for leading on the development and execution of investment strategy for the UK Life shareholder business - this includes the £57bn (and growing) annuity book. More...

Sumit Mehta, Head of Strategy, L&G
Sumit is head of strategy in Legal & General’s retirement division (AUM: ~£70bn), where he leads corporate strategy across LGR’s businesses globally. More...

Patrick O’Sullivan, Head of Insurance Solutions, Schroders
Patrick O’Sullivan is Head of Insurance Solutions and leads a team of specialists that develop single and cross asset solutions for institutional clients. More...


Daniel Parker, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Real Asset Debt, Brookfield Public Securities Group
Daniel Parker has 26 years of industry experience and is a Portfolio Manager on the Public Securities Group’s Real Asset Debt team. More...


Gareth Payne, Head of Credit & Alternative Fixed Income Client Portfolio Managers, Pictet Asset Management
Gareth Payne joined Pictet Asset Management in February 2019 and is Head of Credit & Alternative Fixed Income Client Portfolio Managers. More...


Eric Pedersen, Head of Responsible Investments, Nordea Asset Management
Eric Christian Pedersen is the Head of Responsible Investments at Nordea Asset Management (NAM), the largest Nordic Asset Manager and a Global leader in ESG and Sustainable Investments. More...


Corrado Pistarino, Chief Investment Officer, Foresters Friendly Society
Corrado Pistarino has 25 years' experience in investment banking and asset management. He is CIO at Foresters Friendly Society. More...

David Thompson, Chief Investment Officer UK, Zurich
David is Zurich Chief Investment Officer: UK. He is responsible for the Life Balance sheet of £3.3bn, the P&C Balance Sheet of £2 billion and the UK Life discretionary managed unit linked policyholder investments totaling £23bn. More...

Guillaume Tissot, Chief Investment Officer, AXA UK
Guillaume is the chief investment officer for AXA UK and Ireland.
After starting his career in life reserving at AXA France in 2004, Guillaume has spent the last 15 years on the management of assets backing UK and Ireland insurance businesses. More...

Paul Whelan, Partner, Co-Head of Global Fixed Income Investment Manager Research, Wealth Solutions, Aon
Paul serves as a Partner and is Co-Head of Global Fixed Income Investment Manager Research at Aon and is based in London. More...


Ying Ye, Chief Investment Officer, Allianz Insurance plc
Ying is Chief Investment Officer of Allianz Insurance plc. Before moving to London in 2015, she was the chief investment manager at Allianz Investment Management in Munich. More...


David Zahn, Head of Sustainable Investment and Europe, Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton
David Zahn, head of European Fixed Income and senior vice president within Franklin Templeton's Fixed Income Group.More...