AIMSE Europe’s Advisory Council
Council Members
AIMSE Europe’s Advisory Council is made up of key personnel from the industry, all of which volunteer to dedicate their time to AIMSE Europe and contribute significantly to our success
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Board Committee
Ashley Manning-Brown
Pluto Finance
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Ashley, with 19 years of experience in the field, joined Pluto in 2023 as the Head of UK Investor Sales. In this role, Ashley’s primary responsibilities include fostering investor relationships and spearheading fundraising initiatives. Before joining Pluto, Ashley dedicated 15 years to Columbia Threadneedle Investments, where he served as the Institutional Director and Head of Consultant Relations in the UK. In this capacity, he played a pivotal role in managing client and consultant relationships, driving business development, and ensuring successful commercial outcomes for a diverse clientele comprising DB, DC, LGPS pension funds, charities, foundations, insurance providers, and endowments.
Clare Allen
Columbia Threadneedle
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Clare is a Product Specialist at Columbia Threadneedle Investments with a dual role covering Global Equities and Responsible Investment. She joined Columbia Threadneedle through the acquisition of BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA) in 2021, having previously been with BMO GAM since 2018. Prior to her current role, Clare was responsible for managing relationships with a range of global and domestic investment consulting firms. Previously, Clare worked at HSBC Global Asset Management in a variety of institutional distribution roles. She holds a BA in Business Studies and French from the University of Liverpool.
Catriona Buckley
CBRE Investment Management
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Catriona Buckley, CFA is a Senior Director within CBRE Investment Management’s Client Solutions team. Based in London, Catriona is responsible for ensuring client engagement across U.K. & Irish investors, including local government pension schemes, defined contribution platforms, consultants and multi-managers. Prior to joining CBRE IM in 2023, Catriona worked at Gresham House, a specialist alternative asset manager. There she was responsible for consultant relations as well as direct institutional sales in defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes, supporting capital-raising objectives across real estate, sustainable infrastructure, forestry and other real assets programs. Previously, Catriona worked at Fidelity International, a global financial services company, where she was responsible for U.K. consultant relations with a particular focus on the firm’s real estate, credit and fixed income capabilities. She started her career at Allied Irish Banks in 2006, where she was part of the team responsible for managing credit securities. Catriona earned an undergraduate degree in Economics from Trinity College Dublin. She is also a CFA charter holder.
James Lindsay
Natixis Investment Management
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James Lindsay is a Director at Natixis Investment Management, representing the firms various affiliates across the UK Institutional market. He is responsible for developing and managing relationships with UK based consultants, as well as direct prospecting with DB Pension Schemes, Charities and Family Offices. James joined Natixis Investment Management in 2020 from Western Asset Management, where he was Head of UK Institutional Sales. Prior to Western, he was a Client Director and Legal & General Investment Managements for 6 years, where he was responsible for managing relationships for large DB and DC UK Pension Schemes across asset classes including LDI, Fixed Income, Equities and Real Assets. Finally he held roles at Mesirow Financial and JP Morgan. James graduated from the University of Glasgow in July 2008 where he received a BSc in Virology and is also a CFA charterholder.
Simon Males
Tikehau Capital
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Simon Males is Executive Director at Tikehau Capital, the €38bn global alternative asset management group, and leads the firm’s UK institutional business. He is a member of the Board of AIMSE Europe and has previously been a member of its Advisory Council since 2013. Simon has over three decades experience working within the UK institutional market, including leadership roles at global asset management firms such as Legal & General Investment Management, PGIM, Pictet Asset Management and F&C (BMO). Simon is a serving Trustee and Board Director of two UK Charities (North London Hospice and The Pemberton-Barnes Trust) and has previously served as a Trustee of a £130m UK Defined Benefit corporate pension plan. Simon holds an MBA from London Metropolitan University and several Professional Qualifications, including the IMC.
Jignasa Patel
Carne Group
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Jignasa leads the business development team at AMX, having joined in 2019. Previously at Willis Towers Watson as a senior research consultant in their investment consulting team, Jignasa worked in both their Sydney and London offices. Prior to joining Willis Towers Watson, Jignasa worked for Mercer Investment Consulting, initially joining the client consulting team where she focused on general investment consulting, but predominantly working in the London-based central research team as a dedicated manager researcher, across different asset clases. Jignasa is a CFA charterholder and graduated from the University of Sheffield (UK) in 1996 with a BA (Hons) in History.Council Members
Harleen Eari
PIMCO
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Harleen is a vice president and account manager in the London office, covering U.K. institutional client relationships. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2021, she was a vice president in the asset management division at Goldman Sachs, where she worked closely with U.K. and Irish institutional clients. She has nine years of investment and financial services experience and holds an undergraduate degree from Warwick University.
Lisa Egan
Willis Towers Watson
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Lisa is a senior investment consultant at Willis Towers Watson working with a range of DB pension scheme clients of various sizes (sub-£100m to £3bn+) and across various industries. She is responsible for advising clients on all aspects of their investment arrangements from investment beliefs and objective setting right through to manager selection and monitoring. In addition, Lisa has also worked on two large transformational change projects in the UK and the Middle East, working with large internal teams to analyse and improve their investment processes. Prior to joining the investment industry, Lisa worked as a pharmacist having graduated from Strathclyde University in 2005 with a Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm). Lisa returned to university and graduated with a Masters degree in International Business (MSc) with Finance from Aston Business School in 2009. She joined Willis Towers Watson in 2010 and is a CFA charterholder.
Tony English
Mercer
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Tony English is a Principal in Mercer’s Wealth business and is based in London. Tony works with a variety of institutional investors for whom he is responsible for the provision of investment advice, including pension funds (corporate and local authority) and trust funds. Tony has over 18 years of investment experience, having joined Mercer in 1999. During this time he has been involved in a wide variety of projects, including investment strategy, manager selections, private markets, pension risk transfer and global custodian selections. Tony also regularly facilitates trustee training courses. Tony graduated with a degree in physics from the University of Warwick in 1996. He is an Associate of the CFA Society of the UK (‘CFA UK’) and a regular member of CFA Institute. Tony chairs Mercer’s UK ratings review committee and is a member of the global real estate ratings review committee. Tony represents Mercer on the investment committee of the Society of Pension Professionals’ (‘SPP’) Investment Committee and is a council member of AIMSE Europe.
Philippa Gray
abrdn
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Philippa Gray Investment Director, Global Consultant Relations at abrdn and is responsible for servicing, engaging and building strong relationships with the UK investment consultant community. Philippa joined Standard Life Investments in 2005 from AEGON Asset Management. Philippa graduated with a BA(Hons) in Business Administration and History at Strathclyde University. She holds an IMC.
Emily Hitch
Columbia Threadneedle Investments UK
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Emily Hitch is a Client Relationship Director within the Columbia Threadneedle Investments UK Institutional Sales team, she is responsible for managing relationships with institutional clients and growing the companys client base in the UK market. Emily joined the company in 2014 as an Institutional Client Account Manager. Emily holds a BA degree in Sustainable Built Environment from the University of Nottingham. She also holds the Investment Management Certificate.
Tom Hoyer-Millar
Skagen Funds
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Tom is a Director at Storebrand Asset Management, covering UK Wholesale distribution for the firm. He is responsible for developing and managing relationships with Private Banks, National Wealth Managers, Fund of Funds, Family Offices and DFMs across the UK wholesale channel. Tom joined Storebrand from Premier Miton where he covered key discretionary wholesale relationships across the UK and Ireland. Prior to that he was a Business Development Director at Legg Mason Global Asset Management for over 6 years where he was responsible for managing the firms’ various affiliates across equities, fixed income, infrastructure, and alternatives. Tom graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in July 2012 where he received a BA in History and Political Science. Tom is a serving trustee of the Footsteps Foundation and as a mentor at the Social Mobility Foundation.
Nick Jellema
Hymans Robertson
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Nick Jellema is a Senior Investment Consultant with 15 years’ experience advising institutional clients. He is a qualified actuary and has previously worked at Hewitt Associates and Conduent HR Services. Nick is currently lead investment adviser to three private-sector pension schemes and four LGPS Funds and he advises on all investment matters, including strategic asset allocation and risk management, manager selection, monitoring and governance. Within the investment team at Hymans Robertson, Nick leads on business development and client management, and in his previous roles, Nick has also specialised in fiduciary research, and compliance policies and procedures. Nick has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Edinburgh University, and a postgraduate degree in Actuarial Finance from Imperial College London.
Laura Kelly
PIMCO
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Ms. Kelly is a vice president and account manager in PIMCO’s London office, focusing on institutional clients in the U.K. and Ireland. Prior to rejoining PIMCO in 2022, she worked as a senior relationship management associate at T. Rowe Price, focusing on business development in the U.K. She previously worked at PIMCO as part of the institutional account management team. She has seven years of investment experience and holds a dual bachelor’s degree from Dublin City University and Northeastern University in international business and finance.
Mohamed Khan
Goldman Sachs
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Mohamed is an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management where he is responsible for maintaining relationships with investment consultants and new business opportunities. He joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 2022 having spent over five years at RBC Global Asset Management as Head of Consultant Relations and over seven years at J.P. Morgan in a variety of roles including the Asset Management UK institutional distribution team. Mohamed graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science in July 2009 where he studied Management Sciences and is also a CFA charterholder.