UKSIF's Board and Committees
UKSIF’s elected Board and committees ensure members’ views remain at the heart of UKSIF’s strategy, policy positions and knowledge sharing programmes.
Members of the Board are elected by members each year at UKSIF’s AGM. Members of the Policy, Industry Development and Membership Committees are elected at the start of each year.
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With deep collective experience across the sustainable investment and finance landscape, the UKSIF Board of Directors oversees the strategic direction and long-term ambition of the organisation.
Board members serve in a personal capacity and organisational affiliations are given for information only.
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Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Executive Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investment
IFM Investors
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Advisory Committees
UKSIF’s committee members work in a personal capacity to provide insight and advice on the delivery of UKSIF’s mission and ensuring we achieve the greatest impact in growing sustainable finance.
Learn morePolicy Committee
The Policy Committee acts as the primary sounding board for UKSIF’s public policy work, which seeks to grow the market for sustainable finance and drive UK leadership in this space.
- Advise on UKSIF’s public policy work, policy positions and prioritisation of policy themes
- Assist the staff team to develop and deepen relationships with key stakeholders, such as regulators, officials, trade associations, government and parliament.
- Act as a sounding board for UKSIF’s public policy work in respect of issues that affect the supply and demand for investment and finance services in the UK, the operation of the UK finance sector, and investment flows into the UK.
- Bruno Gardner – Chair, Phoenix Group
- Nitika Agarwal, WWF
- James Allan, S&P Global
- Ed Baker, LGPS Central
- Seb Beloe, Foresight Group
- Sophie Brodie, Fidelity International
- Richard Folland, Carbon Tracker
- Shipra Gupta, Scottish Widows
- Katharina Lindmeier, Nest
- Maria Nazarova-Doyle, IFM Investors
- Amy Robinson, Triodos
- Kathy Ryan, M&G
- Joanna Walker, Royal London
- Simon Witney, Travers Smith
Industry Development Committee
The Industry Development Committee works to shape UKSIF’s work by advising on priority focus areas and emerging industry trends, as well as on the effectiveness, strategy, and opportunities of UKSIF’s knowledge-sharing and events programmes. It also looks at the broader strategic question of how to move sustainability forward within the industry.
- Advise on the priority topics of focus for UKSIF events, and support UKSIF to define the desired outputs and goals to deliver high-impact events and programmes.
- Attend UKSIF events and programmes to give feedback on their effectiveness and on the membership experience.
- Advise on knowledge sharing programmes that can help UKSIF members to learn and develop their sustainability offering.
- Assist the staff team to share UKSIF’s work and deepen relationships with key stakeholders, relevant industry supporters and peers.
- Jessica Henry – Chair, Federated Hermes
- Alison Jane Brooks, M&G Investments
- Alan Fitzpatrick, S&P Global
- Jonathan Gilmour, Travers Smith LLP
- Euan Ker, Aegon
- Maximilian Kufer, Invesco
- Maria Lilli, MSCI ESG Research
- Gail McCullie, Royal London
- Rachael Monteiro, Foresight Group
- Lisa Stonestreet, EIRIS Foundation
- Francesca Wheble, Guinness Global Investors
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee acts as a support in the advancement of UKSIF’s mission and organisational development by advising on our membership strategy and engaging proactively and positively with members and potential members, supporting the advancement of UKSIF’s reputation in the financial services industry.
- Help grow the membership in line with our mission, policy positions, research and knowledge sharing.
- Act in a structured relationship management capacity to retain the breadth and depth of UKSIF’s membership.
- Act as ambassadorial hosts at UKSIF events to share experience and benefits of membership and redirect people to the appropriate department with questions around being involved with UKSIF.
- Act as UKSIF Ambassadors within the wider financial services industry.
- Advise on the development and implementation of UKSIF’s membership retention and growth strategy
- Hilary Inglis – Chair, Octopus Energy Generation
- Sophie Bajwa
- Sarah Casey, MSCI
- Johanna Conil-Lacoste
- Leah Dean, SIMCo (Sequoia Investment Management Company)
- Jamie Govan
- Roger Lewis, Downing LLP
- Jamie Melrose, Guinness Global Investors
- Gayle Muers
- David Wahi, BBVA