PARTICIPANTS


Christine Farquhar Partner and head of credit Cambridge Associates


Julien Halfon


Head of pension & corporate solutions BNP Paribas Asset Management


Based in London, Julien Halfon is respon- sible for constructing customised solutions for institutional investors, including balance sheet management, multi asset solutions and overlays. He has extensive asset manage- ment, investment banking and investment consulting experience gained at Mercer, P- Solve, Lazard, Hewitt, Bacon & Woodrow and Goldman Sachs. Halfon began his career as an economist at the French Finance Ministry, before working for the European Commission.


Christine Farquhar oversees manager and market research across public, hedge fund and private credit investment strategies. She has more than 30 years of industry experi- ence and has been with the firm since 2007. Prior to her current role, Farquhar managed the firm’s global fixed income research efforts with a particular focus on investment-grade bonds, foreign exchange and income-oriented real estate. Before joining Cambridge Associates, she was head of fixed income research at Hewitt B&W Investment Consulting and was an executive vice president and head of fixed income at Lombard Odier.


The economics graduate has headed fixed income, derivatives and alternative asset management for investment managers, in- cluding Insight Investment.


Tom Sumpster


Head of private debt direct origination Phoenix Group


Tom Sumpster brought 20 years of structured finance experience to Phoenix when he joined in March 2021. Prior to that he was head of infrastructure, across equity and debt, at Legal & General Investment Management. An accountant by training, Sumpster has also been a managing director and head of acquisition finance at Royal Bank of Canada, focusing on infrastructure debt. He has held related positions at BayernLB, Dexia, Santander and PwC.


Stuart Trow Credit strategist European Bank for Reconstruction & Development


Paul Rhodes Trustee


Ted Frith


Chief operating officer GLIL Infrastructure


Ted Frith has been responsible for all non- investment matters at GLIL since joining the infrastructure investor in November 2018. He also has a seat on the executive committee. Prior to this, the Oxford graduate spent three decades working as an investment banker and asset manager at firms including Orion Royal Bank, Midland Montagu, Citibank, Aspect Capital and Dresdner Kleinwort Was- serstein. More recently, Frith ran a third-party market- ing business, was a consultant and non-exec- utive director.


Reach Pension Plan


Paul Rhodes is a member-nominated trustee for the Reach Pension Plan. A national news- paper journalist for more than 20 years, he has worked on The Scotsman, Daily Express and Daily Mirror. He is currently chief sub- editor of The Daily Star.


Rhodes also co-founded the Climate Impact Initiative, which aims to make a climate impact investment option available for all defined contribution savers.


Stuart Trow joined the EBRD following a career on the sell side. As senior credit strate- gist his role spans high-grade credit man- agement, emerging market strategy, ad hoc portfolio “firefighting” and the development of credit pricing strategies. He also sits on the bank’s retirement plan investment committee. Trow has head of EU credit research at National Australia Bank on his CV as well as head of market & credit analysis at Norin- chukin International.


A graduate of the London School of Econom- ics he has also written several editions of The Bluffer’s Guide to Economics and presents his own financial radio show.


Dec-Jan 2022 portfolio institutional roundtable: Build Back Better


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