Chris has been a Trustee CEO for over a decade, initially at Royal Mail and more recently National Grid, and is currently transitioning to become an Independent Trustee.  An experienced corporate leader working in the UK pension fund industry for over 20 years, his focus has been on strategy and risk management, governance effectiveness of trustee boards and enhancing and futureproofing internal management operating models.  At Royal Mail Chris led the transfer of £30bn of assets and corresponding liabilities to the UK Government in 2012. 

Chris is a PMI Trusteeship SIG committee member and previously chaired the PLSA’s DB Council and sat on the PLSA Board.  Chris holds a BSc in Actuarial Maths and Statistics (First) from Heriot Watt University, and is a keen yoga practitioner and piano player. 

Georgina is Head of Multi-Asset Strategies (MAS) UK team and Fund Manager within Invesco’s Henley based investment centre.
Georgina joined our company in June 2013 as a Product Director, became Research Director in 2016 then went on to become a Fund Manager in 2018. Georgina
became Head of the Multi Asset Strategies (MAS) UK team in January 2023.
Georgina commenced her career with HSBC in 2001 as an Equity Strategist. She went on to join the Equity Strategy team at Goldman Sachs in 2004 where she wrote
global equity and asset allocation research. Georgina gained asset management experience at Legal & General Investment Management, contributing to the overall asset
allocation outlook for the firm and multi asset funds. Before joining Invesco, Georgina was head of Equity Strategy, EMEA, at State Street Global Markets, producing and
presenting on asset allocation and equity research.
Georgina holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Bath.

Based in London, Mary is part of the UK Institutional team at Invesco, focused on working closely with key stakeholders within DC to champion better member outcomes and promote Invesco’s full range of investment strategies across all asset classes.

Prior to joining Invesco in January 2022, Mary worked for Russell Investments in a variety of roles within the institutional business. She started off in the operations and quickly worked her way into the institutional team focusing on developing and maintaining relationships with UK pensions schemes with primary focus on Fiduciary Management. Previously she worked in Client communications, marketing, and products development teams for organisations like Henderson (now Janus Henderson), Premal Group and Advanced Real capital. Mary did not choose the conventional route to building her career in the asset management industry. She has had a range of roles in retail and consultancy while raising her family.

Mary graduated from Bayes Business School in 2012 in BSc (Hons) in Investment and Financial Risk Management. and has passed levels 1 and 2 of the CFA.

Rich Fox is the Head of Public Policy for Schroders in the UK. Before joining Schroders Rich spent over 15 years at the Financial Conduct Authority in a range of senior roles focused on policy development and stakeholder engagement.

Robin Ellison is Chairman of the Cambridge Colleges’ Federated Pension Scheme, and chairs the Governance Committee of the Public Service Pensions Board. He has practiced as a solicitor for over 50 years, acting for major corporates, government agencies and foreign governments and continues to advise on the development of pensions and investment products. He has been an adviser to the House of Commons Select Committee on Work and Pensions. He wrote a monthly column on pensions law for 40 years for Pensions World and now publishes a monthly blog for Professional Pensions.

His study of regulation, Red Tape: managing excess in law, regulation and the courts is published by Cambridge University Press, and he is the author of a number of pension texts including the standard work on pensions law published in four loose-leaf volumes (Sweet & Maxwell), Pension Fund Investment Law (Bloomsbury Professional), The Pension Trustees Handbook (PMI, eighth edition 2024), and edits the Pension and Benefits Law Reports (Pendragon/Perspective). He now works with UK and international asset managers in relation to regulation and product design. He is currently working on a new book, Rulemaking, intended as a practical guide for regulators and lawmakers.

He is Visiting Professor in Pensions Law and Economics at The Bayes Business School, City, University of London, and gained his PMI Diploma in Pension Trusteeship in 2021.