PARTICIPANTS


David Vyravipillai Investment manager, sustainable ownership (ESG) Railpen


Mark Hill


Climate and sustainability lead The Pensions Regulator


Mark Hill is responsible for developing the regulatory response to climate change along with sustainability disclosure requirements. Prior to joining the regulator, Hill led on cli- mate change and sustainability at the Ministry of Defence. Here he developed an energy and emissions strategy and helped mobilise third-party capital to invest in renewables across the defence estate. He also supported cross-sector work to integrate climate risks into sustainable land management, specifi- cally brownfield development.


Tim Manuel Partner, co-head of responsible investment Aon


Tim Manuel leads the development and implementation of Aon’s responsible invest- ment policies. As a senior member of Aon’s investment consulting practice in the UK, Manuel helps pension scheme trustees and other institutional investors understand the implications of responsible investing and sup- porting them through making such decisions.


David Vyravipillai provides ESG research on cyclical companies for Railpen’s fundamental equity portfolios. He is also the lead sustain- able analyst, monitoring private market deals. Prior to joining Railpen, Vyravipillai spent six years as a research analyst at Southeastern Asset Management, a US long-only value investor. The law graduate from the University of Cambridge started his career as an analyst for Goldman Sachs.


Rebecca Woods Stewardship analyst, lead on biodiversity and nature Church Commissioners for England


Rebecca Woods is an ESG research analyst for the Church of England’s endowment fund. Focusing on natural capital and deforesta- tion, she works on engagement, particularly in identifying the issues companies face.


Gabriel Micheli


Senior investment manager Pictet-ReGeneration strategy


Bruce Jackson


Responsible investment senior analyst, stewardship


Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)


Bruce Jackson’s responsibilities at USS include updating its voting policy and over- seeing company and collaborative engage- ments.


A geologist by training, Jackson spent more than 25 years in environmental consultancy and contracting before joining USS, working on projects including pipelines in Georgia, a port development in Qatar and investigating ordnance factories in the UK and Israel. He also spent six years with ESG service provider GES and Sustainalytics where he led company engagements on sustainability issues, such as human rights and storing the by-products of mining.


Gabriel Micheli is a senior investment man- ager in the thematic equities team at Pictet Asset Management. He also co-manages the Global Environmental Opportunities strategy and leads the Regeneration strategy which was launched in December.


Micheli joined Pictet in 2006 and co-managed the Pictet Timber strategy for 10 years until 2018 and the Pictet Clean Energy strategy between 2017 and 2010.


Paul de Zylva Senior analyst Friends of the Earth


Paul de Zylva leads Friends of the Earth’s work on nature, biodiversity and ecosystems. This has seen him design a campaign to reverse the decline of Britain’s 267 bee spe- cies, which led to all four UK nations drawing up bee and pollinator recovery plans. A founding member of the London Sustain- able Development Commission, de Zylva has advised all three of London’s mayors on making the capital more sustainable. In this role he helped put sustainability at the centre of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.


February 2023 portfolio institutional roundtable: Biodiversity


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