Catherine McLaughlin is Head of Institutional Sales for UK & Ireland at Allspring Global Investments. She joined Allspring from Allianz Global Investors where she was a Director within the UK Institutional team at focusing on business development and consultant relationships. Previously she spent over 7 years at State Street Global Advisors where she had business development and client responsibilities since 2012 primarily focussing on UK pension schemes and their derisking journey. She has also worked as an investment consultant at Aon Hewitt and a Fixed Income Fund manager at Irish Life Investment Managers. Catherine is an advocate for inclusion and diversity and sits on the Steering Committee of the Diversity Project. She has a MSc in Investment and Treasury from Dublin City University and a Bachelor degree in Natural Sciences from Trinity College Dublin. She is a CFA charterholder and a CAIA charterholder.