Paulina Arent
Senior Associate, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Paulina Arent is a member of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s External Portfolio Management (“EPM”) Group in London, focusing primarily on equity and commodity strategies. EPM is responsible for managing a portfolio of externally managed hedge funds, and have investments with approximately 70 top global asset managers across equities, credit, fixed income, currencies and commodities. Prior to joining CPPIB in 2013, Ms. Arent worked in the Equity Capital Markets group at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto, underwriting equity offerings for Canadian corporate clients. Prior to her work at BMO, Ms. Arent was an analyst in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse. Ms. Arent earned a B.A. (Hons) in Applied Economics from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
Rajen Gokani
Principal, Hedge Fund Strategies, GCM Grosvenor
Rajen Gokani is based in the London office and is the strategy head for Europe, leading responsibilities for investment research and manager monitoring with a focus on European related strategies. Prior to joining GCM Grosvenor, Mr. Gokani was a Research Analyst at HSBC from 2010 to 2013. He worked in equity research in London, covering clean energy, and was also based in Hong Kong, where he worked in fixed income research. Mr. Gokani received his Bachelor of Science with first class honors in Investment and Financial Risk Management from Cass Business School in 2010.
Vicky Hudson
Senior Investment Manager, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Vicky Hudson is a Senior Investment Manager and Head of the Global Equity strategy within Aberdeen Standard Investment’s Alternative Investment Solutions Team. She is also lead portfolio manager for a liquid alternatives portfolio and a member of the Hedge Fund Investment Committee. Vicky joined ASI in 2010 via the acquisition of various asset management businesses from Royal Bank of Scotland. Vicky graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Economics and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), sitting on the CISI Fund Management Diploma exam panel.
Max Townshend
Investment Director, Head of Portfolio Construction, Local Pensions Partnership
Max Townshend is responsible for managing the Diversifying Strategies allocation at LPP, and overseeing wider portfolio construction issues across asset classes. Max joined LPP in 2016 from London Pensions Fund Authority, one of LPP’s founding clients. Max has over 12 years investment experience. He spent six years at Record Current Management, undertaking quantitative research in FX, rates and options markets. Max graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Aeronautical and Avionic Systems Engineering.
Libbi Ross
Alternative Investment Mandates, EMEA Region, Bloomberg
Libbi Ross is responsible for Bloomberg Mandates in EMEA, a service connecting Bloomberg's network of Alternative Fund Managers to Allocators to assist in capital raising. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Libbi worked at RBS in Hedge Fund Markets Relationship Management and Hedge Fund Rates Sales. She initially started her career in Capital Introductions at Newedge (now Societe Generale). Outside of Bloomberg, Libbi serves on 100 Women in Finance's London Education committee and organises events to support women in their careers.
