Andy Lewis is a Partner in the Pensions Sector Group at Travers Smith. He is a thought leader on ESG and sustainability within pensions and has worked with a range of organisations in this area including the UN PRI, Impact Investing Institute, the PLSA and the PMI, as well as helping many schemes with sustainability policy disclosures, fiduciary duty and net zero commitments. Other regular work includes major pensions projects such as scheme reorganisations, liability management and risk transfer, benefit changes and difficult funding settlements. Andy is known for his practical approach and has been described as an "excellent, pragmatic adviser" and "highly personable".
Andy is a member of the firm's LGBTQ+ Group and provides pro bono legal advice to the well-known LGBTQ+ charities, Just Like Us and GiveOut. He also volunteers at the City Law School Public Legal Advice Clinic and has provided pro bono legal advice on individual personal pension complaints. He has spoken on diversity and inclusion in pensions in various settings, including for the Association of Pension Lawyers and PLSA, and is a founding member of O:pen, the industry-wide network for LGBTQ+ professionals and their allies working in pensions. He also sits on committees for a number of pensions industry bodies.

David has worked in the pension and financial services industry for over 35 years and have both UK and international experience. As well as being Senior Director and Training Lead at Pensions For Purpose, he is an accredited professional pension Trustee. David's Trustee appointments include schemes with FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 sponsors and with the Smart Pension Master Trust.

Catherine joined ShareAction as Chief Executive in 2008. ShareAction coordinates civil society activism to promote responsible investment across Europe. She is a board member of the Scott Trust, owner of The Guardian, serving on the Scott Trust’s investment committee. She also serves on HM Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce. She was a Member Nominated Trustee of The Pensions Trust for five years until Spring 2013. Catherine was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2014. Whenever she gets the chance, Catherine heads off to Scotland for time in the mountains and by the sea. Her two boys keep her busy at home but she escapes for runs round the East End of London when she can.

Caryl Embleton-Thirsk is Head of ESG and a Senior Strategist within the UK fiduciary management business at Schroders. In this role she manages a team of investment consultant ESG specialists to deliver ESG training, regulatory support and reporting to their UK fiduciary management clients. These specialists, under her guidance, support pension trustees in aligning with ESG best practices and assist them in achieving their sustainability objectives. Caryl also collaborates closely with the fiduciary portfolio managers and manager research teams to drive innovation and bolster the sustainability credentials of Schroders’ fiduciary ESG proposition. This includes taking an active part in ESG engagements with third-party managers. Caryl is a Qualified Actuary and Chartered Manager, and holds the CFA’s Certificate in ESG investing.

Harriet Sayer is a Senior Counsel in the Pensions Sector Group at Travers Smith. She advises employers, trustees and financial institutions on all aspects of pensions law.

Harriet has a particular focus on pensions investment and insurance and has a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute. She has advised trustees and in-house investment managers on a wide range of investment matters, including IMAs, investment-linked insurance policies, updating statements of investment principles, preparing implementation statements, TCFD reporting, stewardship and investment governance; and trustees and insurers on buy-ins, buy-outs and longevity swaps and insurers on funded and longevity reinsurance agreements. She also sits on the Society of Pension Professional's Investment Committee.

Kerry sits on A4S's Global Executive Team, and leads their Capital Markets programme to accelerate awareness and action towards a global sustainable financial system. This includes: running the A4S Asset Owners Network for pension fund chairs, supporting their commitments to embed sustainability into their strategic and investment decisions; convening senior finance to address specific challenges faced by the financial sector; and leading on guidance to scale up adoption of sustainable action by pension scheme trustees and finance within the banking and insurance sectors.

Having worked on numerous sustainability initiatives of His Majesty King Charles III, Kerry first joined A4S in 2006 and returned in 2017 to drive support for and adoption across a global CFO community of the recommendations of the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Liz Wright is the Head of Sales, EMEA for Morningstar Indexes, based in London. Liz joined Morningstar in 2022.
Prior to joining Morningstar, Liz has extensive experience in the ETF and wealth management space, working for the likes of Amundi, Vanguard, ETF Securities now Wisdom Tree, Barclays Wealth and UBS.

Paul is an accomplished energy & sustainability practitioner with 38 years experience in the energy industry, engineering and environmental consultancy and facilities management. With a background in physics but a strong environmental theme throughout his career, his expertise covers building engineering design, industrial heating and cooling, energy & carbon management and corporate sustainability strategy. Paul is currently managing the delivery of ESG services within facilities management in the property sector.

Peter is Managing Director of Gresham House’s Sustainable Infrastructure division and Fund Manager for our British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (BSIF) strategy. He is also a member of the Gresham House Sustainability Executive Committee and the Gresham House Asset Management Board.

Prior to Gresham House, Peter led the investment and exit of the Sustainable Infrastructure-focused Environmental Capital Fund (ECF) for SEP, one of Europe’s most successful VC firms.

With over 21 years of public and private equity investment, development and fund management experience, including two top-decile infrastructure fund exits, he has invested into and exited over 200 infrastructure and technology companies across all sectors with an equity value of over £1.7bn and capital value of c.£5.5bn.

Peter has had board member roles on over 60 investee companies and is a Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL). Peter is also an active investor in early-stage sustainability companies.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with honours and two further Bachelor degrees in Finance (BFin) and Commerce (BCom), all from the University of Adelaide, and is a proud graduate of CISL’s Business Sustainability Management programme.

CFA, is Director of Product Management – EMEA & ESG Indexes on the Morningstar Index team based in London, where he leads Morningstar's ESG and European-based Index initiatives. He has spent the last five years launching and supporting the creation of new Index products. Previously, Robert spent four years working on the company's institutional research platform, Morningstar Direct. Before Morningstar, he spent three years working at Keyence Corporation, a global factory automation firm. Robert holds a bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a member of the CFA Society UK

Samar Khanna is an Environmental Economist at Schroders, focusing on the economic impacts of climate change and assessing the risks and opportunities arising from the transition to net-zero. Prior to joining Schroders, he was a Director at Lynn Planet, a behavioural science consultancy aimed at creating sustainable behaviours in communities to achieve net-zero targets. Preceding this position, he was a researcher at the Thinking Ahead Institute, where he collaborated with global asset managers and owners to integrate systems-thinking into their sustainable investment policies and develop climate action plans. Before that, he spent a decade as a macroeconomist and capital markets strategist at WTW, providing insights and recommendations to institutional investors across multiple asset classes and geographies.

Brendan joined The Pensions Regulator in March 2015 and is a member of the Regulator’s Investment Consulting Team. Within his current role, Brendan acts as an adviser within TPR and provides advice on DB investment and funding strategies and contributes to the regulation of DC pension schemes. Brendan also provides specialist investment input to TPR’s regulatory policy and publications, including DB and DC Codes of Practice and regulatory guidance.

Prior to joining the regulator, Brendan worked with a number of leading consultancies providing advice to private and public-sector clients on all aspects of pension scheme investment, risk management and governance. Brendan has regularly spoken at industry conferences and contributed to a range of industry publications.

Brendan is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and has contributed to a range of Institute working parties.