Bob Summers is a frequent chair and speaker at pensions seminars. Bob is a past Hon Co Secretary and President of the Society of County Treasurers, and past President of Police Authority Treasurers' Society. He was Director of Finance to Norfolk County Council for 15 years until 2007. He previously worked in the London Boroughs and the British Council. Bob is currently the Treasurer to the Norfolk Police Authority, a post he has held since 1995. For the last 5 years Bob has chaired CIPFA's Pensions Panel , but was actively involved on pensions issues for many years before that through his role as Fund Administrator to the Norfolk Pension Fund. Bob also chairs CIPFA's Pensions Network which now has 73 subscribers, of which LGPS funds represent 69 members.


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Darren Philp joined the National Association of Pension Funds as its Director of Policy in November 2010, where he leads the NAPF's policy development activities.

He joined the NAPF from HM Treasury, where he worked for almost 13 years. Most recently, Darren was head of HM Treasury's Pensions and Pensioners team where his responsibilities included state pensions, NEST and auto-enrolment, pensions tax and pensions regulation. Prior to this, he worked in a range of areas at HM Treasury including general insurance, European policy, and macroeconomic briefing.

Darren studied economics as an undergraduate at Leicester University and has a Master's degree in Econometrics from Southampton University.

Presentation: The outlook for public sector pension funds

It has been a challenging time for public sector pension funds. With volatile investment markets and a stalling economy, many funds find themselves under threat. It is essential to work as efficiently and effectively as possible, making use of existing resources.

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Brian Strutton is the GMB's National Secretary for Public Services, Joint Secretary of the National Joint Council for Local Government representing 1.5 million council workers and a member of the Policy Review Group of the Local Government Pension Scheme with over 4 million members. Brian is one of the TUC negotiating team currently engaged with Cabinet Office and Treasury to decide how to take forward public service pensions reform.


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Neil Record graduated with an MA degree from Balliol College, Oxford University, and with an MSc degree (with distinction) from University College, London University. He spent the early part of his career as an economist at the Bank of England, where he was a member of the economic forecasting team. He then spent five years working for Mars Inc in their UK subsidiary, where he was initially responsible for commodity price forecasting and then for their currency risk management. He left Mars in 1983 to establish Record Currency Management. Neil has been principal shareholder and Chairman of Record Currency Management ever since. In 2003, Neil completed a book on Currency Overlay, the first on this specialist topic. He has also authored numerous articles on currency and other areas of risk management, is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and seminars in the UK, US and Europe, and is acknowledged as one of the leading figures in the currency management industry. Neil guided the holding company, Record plc, to an IPO on the London main market in December 2007. He is a visiting fellow and Investment Committee member of Nuffield College, Oxford, and a Trustee of the Institute of Economic Affairs.


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