The Pension Superfund announces ALM committee; High-profile membership includes Martin Gilbert and Chris Hitchen

The superfund said the committee will provide strategic and operational recommendations to its joint investment committee as part of the its governance procedures.

• Wolf Becke – Becke was the chief executive of Hannover Life Re and a board member of Hannover Re Group. He is currently chairman of Aegon Blue Square Re, vice-chairman of FWU and a senior independent director at Vitality Life.
• Ian Edward – Edward is a former investment banker and serial entrepreneur and private equity investor across a variety of sectors including financial services, food & leisure. He is currently non-executive director of Pizza Pilgrims and co-founder of Hippo Inns.
• Martin Gilbert – Gilbert was the co-founder and long-time chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, the business that merged with Standard Life in 2017. He is currently chairman of Aberdeen Standard Investments.
• Chris Hitchen – Hitchen is currently chairman of the £43bn Borders to Coast local authority pension pool and non-executive director of Nest. He is the former chief executive of Railpen and a past chairman of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
• William Maltby – Maltby is the former vice-chair of investment banking at Deutsche Bank having headed up the firm’s European leveraged finance & financial sponsors group. He is currently chairman of NB Private Equity and Ekins Guinness.
• Kari Stadigh – Stadigh is currently vice-chairman at Nokia and was formerly the president and chief executive of Sampo Group, a Nordic insurance group.

The Pension Superfund co-founder Luke Webster said: “We are very fortunate to have such a wide range of investment and pensions expertise on our ALM committee. It means we have access to the very best ideas, experience and advice and is an important aspect of the added value which scheme members joining the superfund will benefit from.”