Stuart White
Chair of the Asset & Liability Committee. Member of the Chairs' Committee
Why be a trustee?
Having built my experience for 24 years in the investment management industry, working with pension schemes around the world, I had always hoped to share this experience as a pension trustee and to serve the best interests of our membership. It has been the most rewarding experience of my professional career and I am honoured to continue to represent the membership as an Member Nominated Director, since March 2014. I have thrown myself into the role, as a Trustee Board Director; Chair of the Asset and Liability Sub-Committee; and member of the Governance & Nominations Sub-Committee, the Defined Contribution Sub-Committee, the Actuarial & Valuations Working Group, the Environmental, Social & Governance Working Group, and the Climate Risk Working Group. I have also advanced my professional development to ensure I am better equipped to serve the membership, achieving the Pension Management Institute’s award in Professional Trusteeship for DB & DC and more recently the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing. My proudest achievement to date has been my involvement in the Trustee’s decision to move the default Defined Contribution Global Equity investment, to a new strategy with a low carbon footprint approach, designed not only to deliver the outcomes that members expect, but also expected to have a positive impact on our future environment, helping to combat climate change. This has been an important foundation to help achieve the Trust’s Net Zero commitment.
My priorities
My priorities as a Trustee Director are to: 1) Always put the interests of the members first; 2) Provide respectful and thoughtful challenge in every forum to ensure we achieve best practice; 3) Strive to continually improve to be a world class Trustee Board; 4) To continually upgrade my personal development to ensure I am best equipped to represent the membership