PPI Communications 3/10/23 PPI Communications 3/10/23

Mark Delaney, chair

Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
AustralianSuper

Mark Delaney is the deputy chief executive and chief investments officer of AustralianSuper, acting as an advisor to the Board, developing and implementing investment strategies, and managing the work of AustralianSuper's investment advisers. Mr. Delaney was the chief executive of the Superannuation Trust of Australia (STA) for three years prior to the merger with ARF to form AustralianSuper. Previously, Mr. Delaney worked for National Mutual/AXA as economist and eventually as senior manager of Investment Services. He spent four years working as an economist in the Federal Department of Treasury. He is a director of the IFM Investor Advisory Board. Mr. Delaney has a bachelor's degree with honors and is a CFA charterholder.

Mark is the board chair and an ex officio member of all PPI standing committees.

PPI Communications 1/21/21 PPI Communications 1/21/21

Gordon Bajnai

Chief Executive Officer
Campbell Lutyens & Co., Ltd.

Gordon Bajnai is an economist and businessman, born in 1968, Hungary. He is currently chief executive officer of Campbell Lutyens & Co., Ltd. Previously, he served as chairman of Campbell Lutyens’ global advisory board. From April 2009-May 2010 he served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary. Earlier he held positions as Government Commissioner of the National Development Agency, as Minister of Regional Development and as Minister of Economy and National Development. Currently Mr Bajnai serves on the investment committee of the European Fund for Strategic Investments, a major investment programme by the European Union. In the private sector, from 2014-2017 Mr. Bajnai served as Group COO of Meridiam Infrastructure and from 2000-2006 he was CEO of the Wallis Group, a major Hungarian diversified investment holding. Between 1995-2000, he was deputy CEO of CA IB Securities, a leading Hungarian investment bank. He also acted as Chairman of Budapest Airport and as advisor or director for Antin Infrastructure, Aegon Insurance and Raba plc. Currently Mr. Bajnai is also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, the Atlantic Council and the Advisory Board of the New Pact for Europe initiative, and was an adjunct professor of Columbia University.

Gordon is a member of the Program Committee and Audit Committee.

PPI Communications 1/1/21 PPI Communications 1/1/21

Kevin Bong, secretary

Chief Investment Strategist & Head of Singapore
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd (AIMCo)

Kevin Bong joined AIMCo in 2023 as Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist & Head of Singapore. Kevin was formerly the Global Leadership Group Managing Director and Director of the Economics & Investment Strategy department at GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. At GIC, he was responsible for articulating the organization’s strategic investment outlook, determining asset exposures and benchmarks, and optimizing capital allocation for the total portfolio.Kevin is currently a Board Director of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI), a Co-opted Investment Committee Member for the National University of Singapore (NUS) Board of Trustees, and an Investment Committee member for the Tote Board. Kevin holds degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Management Science (Finance) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and he is a CFA charter holder.

Kevin is board secretary, chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee, and a member of the Membership Committee.

PPI Communications 12/1/20 PPI Communications 12/1/20

Arvind Chari

Chief Investment Officer
Q India (UK) Ltd

Arvind Chari is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Quantum Advisors India. His 18 years of experience in investment management began in 2002 in macro credit and fixed income portfolio management. He has gained a multi-asset exposure by helping launch the Gold ETF Equity Fund of Funds and the Multi asset funds at Quantum. Arvind’s vast experience in managing money for global investors and his interactions with leading institutions has exposed him to a world of knowledge. As a CIO he is Quantum’s thought leader. Arvind is a member of the Program Committee of PPI.Quantum Advisors India was founded in 1990 by Ajit Dayal and was India's first institutional equity research house and has evolved into an investment management firm with the capability to manage India-dedicated portfolios for long-term investors. Quantum Advisor’s >35 research and investment professionals focus on three major asset classes: equity fixed income and real estate. Quantum Advisors was a pioneer in India in adopting an "Integrity Screen" which has since 2015 evolved into a proprietary ESG process used as a filter for its "Value" portfolio and as a foundation for its unique "Governance" portfolio.

Arvind is a member of the Membership Committee and the Program Committee.

PPI Communications 10/15/20 PPI Communications 10/15/20

Ted Eliopoulos

Managing Director, Strategic Capital
Prologis, Inc.

Ted Eliopoulos is managing director of Strategic Capital at Prologis, Inc. Previously, he was managing director and senior advisor of Calvert Research and Management. Before that, he served as the Vice Chairman & Head of Strategic Partnerships at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) from 2019-2022, and was also a member of the Investment Management Operating Committee, Co-Chair of the Sustainable Investing Council and Senior Sponsor of MSIM’s Diversity Council. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Ted served as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) from 2014 - 2018. Prior to acting as CIO, from 2007 - 2014, he was CalPERS’ Senior Investment Officer of Real Estate and then Real Assets. From 2002 to 2006, he served as the Chief Deputy Treasurer and Deputy Treasurer at the California State Treasurer’s Office. Ted also held positions in both the private and public sectors, including real estate development and in environmental management with the U.S. Department of Energy. He began his career at Latham & Watkins as an attorney in the real estate division. Ted’s past and current board affiliations include the U.S. Real Estate Roundtable and the Pensions Real Estate Association (Board Chair 2012-2014), and the Sustainability Accounting Standard’s Board’s Investor Advisory Group, as well as the Alliance for Southern California Innovation Advisory Council. Ted currently serves on the Board of the Robert Toigo Foundation and the Pacific Pension Institute. Ted received his Bachelor’s degree, Magna cum laude, with honors from Dartmouth College and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia, where he was recently named a top 100 Alumni Change Agent in Investing. Ted was also named the 11th most influential Investor in U.S. Pensions by Institutional Investor for the 2014 Pension Top 40 and #2 in the top 100 public investors of 2016 by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute.

Ted is a co-chair of the Program Committee and member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

PPI Communications 10/1/20 PPI Communications 10/1/20

Marcie Frost

Chief Executive Officer
California Public Employees' Retirement System

Marcie Frost joined CalPERS as Chief Executive Officer in October 2016. She is the ninth CEO and second woman to head the Pension Fund. Ms. Frost brings more than 16 years of pension industry leadership, information services expertise, and executive management experience to her role. Before joining CalPERS, she served as executive director of the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS), where she demonstrated strong leadership and innovation, an emphasis on customer satisfaction, and team collaboration. Prior to that Ms. Frost held leadership roles at DRS in human resources, information services, and operations. She was deputy director for the retirement system for four years before being appointed executive director. Ms. Frost began her public service career as a benefits administrator with the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.

Marcie is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee.

PPI Communications 9/30/20 PPI Communications 9/30/20

Praneet Garg

Managing Director
Asia Alternatives Management LLC

Praneet Garg is a Managing Director in Asia Alternatives’ Hong Kong office. Mr. Garg co-leads Asia Alternatives’ investments in India, Australia and South East Asia, and is primarily responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence, deal execution and portfolio management of private equity fund investments and direct co-investments in these geographies. Mr. Garg also leads Asia Alternatives' market research function. Prior to joining Asia Alternatives, Mr. Garg had over five years of consulting and research experience with the Private Equity Practice at McKinsey & Company in the Delhi and London offices. He worked with McKinsey Private Equity client teams on issues of Private Equity strategy, organization, performance and due diligence. He also led the Private Equity research team and authored several market research pieces on Asia Private Equity and other related topics. Mr. Garg holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an MBA from Mumbai University. Mr. Garg is fluent in Hindi, Punjabi and English. Mr. Garg currently serves on the Advisory Boards of several of Asia Alternatives' Pan Asian, Indian, Australian and Indonesian funds. Asia Alternatives Management, founded in 2006, is a solution platform dedicated to helping institutional investors make investments in private equity across Asia. The firm's research, investment and client service infrastructure is solely dedicated to Asian private equity fund investments from offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and San Francisco. Asia Alternatives diversifies its investment program by targeting private equity fund managers in Asia.

Praneet is a member of the Membership Committee and the Program Committee.

PPI Communications 9/20/20 PPI Communications 9/20/20

Geraldine Jimenez

Senior Investment Director, Public Markets
California State Teachers' Retirement System

Geraldine Jimenez oversees the management of internal and external portfolios within the CalSTRS public markets including public equity, fixed income and the risk mitigating strategies. In this role, she is part of the senior leadership team making significant decisions on the management of the total fund asset allocation, both tactical and strategic, and advises the the Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Chief Investment Officer on investment strategy and decisions. In Geraldine’s prior role as the Director of Investment Strategy and Risk, she was responsible for implementing and monitoring CalSTRS overall investment portfolio strategy and risk. Geraldine led the CalSTRS Asset / Liability team modeling and recommending to the CalSTRS Board the strategic asset allocation, chaired the Risk Allocation Committee, setting shorter term portfolio positioning, and was part of the CalSTRS leadership team reporting to Deputy Chief Investment Officer. She was also responsible for incubating new strategies in the Innovative Strategies portfolio. Prior to this position, Ms. Jimenez was the portfolio manager leading CalSTRS Investment Engagement Unit. In this capacity, she responded to stakeholder priorities and worked with the Teachers’ Retirement Board, senior investment team and executive staff to research investment information on external issues such as legislation, stakeholder concerns or environmental, social and governance issues. Before joining CalSTRS in 2015, Jimenez spent over 25 years at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System with substantial time working in the global equity markets and managing the affiliate funds. She holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration, with a minor in economics from California State University, Sacramento. She is actively involved with the CFA Institute as a Chartered Financial Analyst, as a member of the Standard of Practice Council, and as the past President of the CFA Society of Sacramento.

Geraldine is a member of the Finance Committee.

PPI Communications 9/12/20 PPI Communications 9/12/20

Leon Meng

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ascendent Capital Partners (Asia) Ltd

Mr. Meng is the Chairman and CEO of Ascendent Capital Partners, a private equity firm managing capital for globally renowned institutional investors since 2011. Prior to Ascendent, Mr. Meng was a Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co., where he was a global partner and the leader of the firm's Asian investment office. He also founded and was the CEO of its private equity business in Greater China. Previously, Mr. Meng was Managing Director and Co-Head of China Investment Banking at JPMorgan, in charge of its Asia M&A and China investment banking activities. Mr. Meng began his career in 1997 as an M&A specialist at Credit Suisse First Boston based in New York. Mr. Meng received his M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management, where he is a Donaldson Fellow, the Co-Chairman of the school’s Greater China Advisory Board and a member of the Yale Center Beijing Global Advisory Committee. Mr. Meng is also an Advisory Board member of the Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center, and a founding Council Member of the Future Forum in China.

Leon is a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Program Committee.

PPI Communications 9/1/20 PPI Communications 9/1/20

Laura Nashman

Chief Executive Officer
British Columbia Pension Corporation

Laura joined BC Pension Corporation as chief executive officer in December 2008. Under Laura’s leadership Pension Corporation received “Gold” recognition from Excellence Canada, which demonstrates it is one of the best-managed organizations in Canada. In 2018 Business in Vancouver magazine, Deloitte and TEC Canada recognized Laura as the public sector BC CEO of the Year and in 2017 Laura named one of the Influential Women in Business. She was called out as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network and recognized on Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50 list. Laura also has the designation of Director with the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D), and serves on several boards including Excellence Canada, the Conference Board of Canada, Pacific Pension & Investment Institute and Canadian Sport Institute Pacific. Laura is an active mentor for women leaders and emerging leaders who look to her for guidance and direction on their leadership practice and career development.

Laura is a co-chair of the Membership Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

PPI Communications 7/1/20 PPI Communications 7/1/20

Catherine Savage

Past Chair
New Zealand Super Fund

Catherine Savage was on the Board of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund 2009 - 2021, appointed Deputy Chair in September 2012 and Chair January 2016. Catherine was previously Chairperson of the National Provident Fund. She has also served as an independent director of the Todd Family Office, KiwiBank and Pathfinder Asset Management, and earlier led AMP Capital in New Zealand. Catherine is currently the Managing Director of the Savage Group, and an independent director of Infratil. She is Co-Chair of the New Zealand Chapter for Women Corporate Directors and is based in Wellington, New Zealand. Catherine is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Professionals New Zealand (INFINZ).

Catherine is a member of the Audit Committee and the Program Committee.

PPI Communications 6/15/20 PPI Communications 6/15/20

Richelle Sugiyama

Chief Investment Officer
Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho

Richelle A. Sugiyama is the Chief Investment Officer for the $24 billion Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho, where she is responsible for all investment activities of the organization. She has served in that position since October 2022. Previously, Richelle served as the Investment Officer for PERSI from 2001.

In addition to her duties at PERSI, Richelle is a member of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute, the Idaho Community Foundation Investment Committee, the State of Idaho Treasurer’s Investment Advisory Board, the Boise State University (BSU) Foundation Board and Investment Committee, the Idaho State Board of Education Committee for the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP), the St. Luke’s Health System Investment Sub-Committee and represents PERSI on advisory boards. She previously served as a member and Vice Chair of the State of Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board (EFIB) for 17 years, as a member and Chairperson of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Investment Committee for 10 years; and as a Board Member of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI) and Chairperson of the PPI Membership Committee.

Her professional experience and background include having served as the Interim Deputy Director for PERSI; the Interim Manager of Investments for the EFIB; Senior Associate at an investment consulting firm; and Portfolio Manager and Operations Manager at an investment management firm.

Richelle is a member of the Membership Committee.

PPI Communications 6/1/20 PPI Communications 6/1/20

Allyson Tucker

Chief Executive Officer
Washington State Investment Board

Allyson Tucker is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Washington State Investment Board, one of the United States’ leading institutional investors. The WSIB manages more than $213 billion of state retirement plans, insurance funds, and other public trust assets. The WSIB is a global institutional investor and a leader in private asset investing, with private equity, real estate, and tangible assets comprising slightly over half of its retirement portfolio.

Allyson joined the WSIB in 2009 and has more than 20 years of investment management experience. Before her appointment as CEO in January 2022, she served as Chief Investment Officer and, prior to that, as Senior Investment Officer heading the organization’s Risk Management and Asset Allocation team. Before joining the WSIB, she worked as an Investment Specialist for BMGI, the investment manager for the William H. Gates III Family Office and for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. She also worked as a research analyst for a full-service Pacific Northwest brokerage firm.

A native of Olympia, Washington, Allyson graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington with a Bachelors in Administration in accounting. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), and is a member of the Seattle Society of Chartered Financial Analysts and the CAIA Seattle chapter. Allyson serves on the Board and Chairs the Audit Committee of Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI) and joined the Focusing Capital on the Long Term (FCLT) Global Board in October 2024. In addition, she serves as a member of the Ownership Works Pension Fund Leadership Council, the World Economic Forum’s Monetary System Centre Advisory Council.

Allyson is chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Program Committee.

PPI Communications 5/29/20 PPI Communications 5/29/20

Ton van Welie

Chief Executive Officer
Ortec Finance

As CEO of Ortec Finance since 2006, Ton van Welie oversees the daily operation of a leading provider of solutions for risk and return management for pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, asset and private wealth managers. Van Welie has been with the company for over twenty years, fulfilling different roles in the organization. He developed and headed the housing associations division, was a driving force behind organizational restructuring, targeting improved client focus as well as a global expansion strategy. Ton graduated in 1995 from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam with a Master's degree in Econometrics. He regularly teaches asset liability management, risk management and scenario analysis, and has published in various professional journals.Ortec Finance provides software models and advisory services for risk and return management. Established in 1981 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the independent company has around 200 employees who combine mathematical ability and business awareness to deliver innovative and pragmatic solutions. Our global client base comprises leaders in the pension, sovereign wealth, insurance, asset management and private wealth management markets, and together manage over 2 trillion dollars in assets. We help them make optimal decisions by designing and applying solutions for asset liability management, ex-ante and ex-post risk management, performance measurement and risk attribution, and financial planning.

Ton is a co-chair of the Membership Committee.

PPI Communications 5/19/20 PPI Communications 5/19/20

Lincoln H. Webb, treasurer

Executive Vice President & Global Head, Infrastructure & Renewable Resources
BCI

Lincoln Webb is the Executive Vice President, Infrastructure & Renewable Resources at BCI, a multi-asset class investment organization with approximately C$200 billion under management. Based in Victoria, BC and supported by industry-leading expertise, BCI invests in all major asset classes. Lincoln leads the firm's Infrastructure & Renewable Resources Group, which manages a growing private market portfolio of CAD$20 billion - with investments across 30 countries and all major infrastructure sectors. As a current member of the firm's Executive Management Team, Management Investment Committee, and Investment Risk Committee, Lincoln is also engaged in setting strategic direction and overall management of the firm.Lincoln holds an MBA (International Business), MCP (Architecture), CFA, and an Advanced Management Designation from INSEAD. He is also a past attendee of management programs at HHL (Germany) and Harvard Business School.Currently, Lincoln serves on the Presidential and Supervisory Boards of Open Grid Europe - Germany's largest gas transmission utility, and the Boards of Czech Gas Networks, Viterra Inc., Mosaic Timberlands and Endeavour Energy.With approximately C$200 billion of managed assets, BCI is one of Canada’s largest institutional investors within the global capital markets. BCI invests globally on behalf of British Columbia’s public sector clients, which includes 12 public sector pension plans, three insurance funds, and various special purpose funds. 690,000 pension plan beneficiaries and 2.5 million British Columbian workers depend on our clients’ returns; ensuring their continued financial security is very important to us.

Lincoln is treasurer and chair of the Finance Committee.

PPI Communications 5/15/20 PPI Communications 5/15/20

Osamu Yamamoto

Chief Executive Officer
Unison Capital Management Pte. Ltd.

CEO of Unison Capital Management Pte. Ltd. based in Singapore, Osamu Yamamoto is engaged in developing new business opportunities related to Southeast Asia and India for both the Unison Group and its portfolio companies. He previously worked at Sanwa Bank and McKinsey.

Osamu is a member of the Membership Committee.