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Faith Ward (Chair)

Brunel Pension Partnership
Faith is currently Chief Responsible Investment Officer for Brunel Pension Partnership and Chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). These roles enable

Jon Johnsen (Vice Chair)

PKA
Jon holds a Master of Science in engineering and has a graduate diploma in Business Administration. Before joining PKA in March 2020 Jon was group managing director/COO at PFA

Ian Simm (Treasurer)

Impax Asset Management
Ian is the Founder and Chief Executive of Impax Asset Management Group plc, one of the world’s leading investment managers dedicated to investing in the transition to a more

Bruce Duguid

EOS at Federated Hermes
Bruce Duguid is head of stewardship at EOS. As well as overseeing the team of engagement professionals, Bruce leads engagements with environmentally exposed companies across the oil

Caroline Le Meaux

Amundi
Caroline joined Amundi in 2019 and is responsible for ESG Research, Engagement and Voting team within the ESG Business Line. She was previously head of the long-term investment

Claudia Kruse

APG Asset Management
Claudia is part of the management team of the investment function reporting into the Chief Investment Officer on the Board of APG Asset Management. Before joining APG in 2009, she

Graham Cook

Phoenix Group
Graham is currently the Responsible Investment Strategy Lead - Public Markets at Phoenix Group. Prior to this he was Chief Investment Officer of the Environment Agency Pension Fund,

Jan Erik Saugestad

Storebrand Asset Management
Jan Erik Saugestad is CEO of Storebrand Asset Management. Prior to his current role he was the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Asset allocation. Mr. Saugestad has broad and

Jelle van der Giessen

NN Group
Jelle is Chief Investment Officer at NN Group and is responsible for overseeing the company's EUR 170 billion general account investment portfolio. Jelle has previously held

Kelly Christodoulou

AustralianSuper
Kelly is a senior ESG investment professional who has been considering ESG issues since 2006. Her role involves integrating these issues during the acquisition due diligence process

Udo Riese

Allianz Investment Management SE
Udo is the Global Head of Risk and Monitoring at Allianz Investment Management (AIM) SE, based in Munich. Udo joined the Allianz Group in 2003, first at Allianz Lebensversicherungs

Faith Ward (Chair)

Brunel Pension Partnership

Faith is currently Chief Responsible Investment Officer for Brunel Pension Partnership and Chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). These roles enable her to advocate for better appreciation of systemic risk as well as design solutions that embed such risks, like climate change, into the operations of finance and investment, an industry she has served for over 25 years.

Faith’s other roles include member of the Ethics Investment Advisory Group for the Church of England National Investing Bodies; member of Investor Advisory Group for ISSB (formerly SASBIAG); Member of the UK Green Taxonomy Advisory Group; and Climate Ambassador for the National Federation of Women's Institutes.

Faith is a founder and formerly its co-chair of the Transition Pathway Initiative and currently NED. She was also the chair of the Reporting and Assessment Advisory Committee for the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Jon Johnsen (Vice Chair)

PKA

Jon holds a Master of Science in engineering and has a graduate diploma in Business Administration. Before joining PKA in March 2020 Jon was group managing director/COO at PFA (Danish Pension Fund) for 10 years. Jon is chair of IIP and a member of the board of AIP Management, an independent investment manager dedicated to advising institutional investors on direct investments into energy and infrastructure assets in Europe and the US.

Ian Simm (Treasurer)

Impax Asset Management

Ian is the Founder and Chief Executive of Impax Asset Management Group plc, one of the world’s leading investment managers dedicated to investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy. Prior to Impax, Ian was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company advising clients on environmental strategy. Ian is currently a member of the Steering Committee of the UK’s Green Finance Institute. He has a degree in physics from Cambridge University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University.

Bruce Duguid

EOS at Federated Hermes

Bruce Duguid is head of stewardship at EOS. As well as overseeing the team of engagement professionals, Bruce leads engagements with environmentally exposed companies across the oil and gas, mining, and utilities sectors. Prior to joining EOS, he was head of sustainability at the UK Green Investment Bank and held a variety of corporate strategy roles, including a management consultant position at the Boston Consulting Group.

Caroline Le Meaux

Amundi

Caroline joined Amundi in 2019 and is responsible for ESG Research, Engagement and Voting team within the ESG Business Line. She was previously head of the long-term investment department at the pension division of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) which is the fiduciary manager of several French pension funds, in charge of the SRI strategy, ESG and climate policy. Caroline is a Chartered Financial Analyst and graduate of Paris IX Dauphine University.

Claudia Kruse

APG Asset Management

Claudia is part of the management team of the investment function reporting into the Chief Investment Officer on the Board of APG Asset Management. Before joining APG in 2009, she worked on the buy and sell-side in London for almost a decade. Claudia is an experienced non-profit board member and serves on the Board of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). Since 2016 she has been appointed to the German Corporate Governance Code Commission, and she was a member of the EU Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (2017) whose recommendations inspired the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance.

Graham Cook

Phoenix Group

Graham is currently the 

Chief Investment Officer of the Environment Agency Pension Fund, where he was responsible for overseeing the investment management arrangements of the £4.6bn portfolio, and for ensuring that EAPF remains a global leader in investing to address the challenges of Climate Change.

He previous helped establish, and led, the London based Portfolio Solutions team at Macquarie Group, where he focused on LGPS pooling. Graham graduated from Coventry University with a BA in Financial Economics and from Durham with an MSc in Corporate and International Finance.

Jan Erik Saugestad

Storebrand Asset Management

Jan Erik Saugestad is CEO of Storebrand Asset Management. Prior to his current role he was the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Asset allocation.

Mr. Saugestad has broad and deep asset management experience and knowledge gained over the years holding high profile positions within the industry in companies such as Nordea, Handelsbanken and McKinsey. He holds a degree in Master of Science at NTNU in Norway and an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Jelle van der Giessen

NN Group

Jelle is Chief Investment Officer at NN Group and is responsible for overseeing the company's EUR 170 billion general account investment portfolio. Jelle has previously held international positions in banking and investment management including a senior leadership role at ING Direct out of Madrid. He started his career at NMB, a former retail bank in the Netherlands. He holds a Master’s in Geology and Geophyiscs from the University of Utrecht, Netherlands.

Kelly Christodoulou

AustralianSuper

Kelly is a senior ESG investment professional who has been considering ESG issues since 2006. Her role involves integrating these issues during the acquisition due diligence process of listed equities, property and infrastructure assets; due diligence and engagement on external fund managers; engagement with boards and senior management and research on thematic topics.

Udo Riese

Allianz Investment Management SE

Udo is the Global Head of Risk and Monitoring at Allianz Investment Management (AIM) SE, based in Munich. Udo joined the Allianz Group in 2003, first at Allianz Lebensversicherungs AG in Stuttgart, where he was an expert advisor on derivatives and risk topics before moving to AIM in 2007. Udo graduated with a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Tübingen. Prior to his private sector career in finance, Udo was a university lecturer and published researcher in pure mathematics.