LGC Investment Podcast Series

Latest Episode (2025)

LGC Investment Seminar 2025 - How the net zero energy transition can make a local impact in your area

This episode is sponsored by Downing . Downing is a responsible investment manager with nearly a billion pounds of assets under management in renewable energy and infrastructure. This episode was recorded live at the LGC Investment Seminar which was held between 27-28 March 2025 in Carden Park, Cheshire.

Joining Martin George, deputy editor of Local Government Chronicle, are:

• Tom Williams, head of energy and infrastructure at Downing

• Laura Colliss, pension fund manager at North East Scotland Pension Fund

Together they discuss the investment opportunities for the LGPS to invest in the energy transition ahead of key milestones in 2030 and 2050, the role of Great British Energy and how the LGPS can work with it, and how LGPS funds can use these opportunities to achieve a local impact in their area.

Find out more about the event at investmentseminar.lgcplus.com

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Past Episodes

LGC Investment & Pensions Summit 2024 - Is the Government about to merge parts of the LGPS and enforce UK investment?

This episode is sponsored by Brightwood. Brightwood Capital is a $6 billion private credit firm that specialises in providing customised senior debt capital to sponsored and non-sponsored U.S. businesses in five core industries within the middle market. 

This episode was recorded live at the LGC Investment and Pensions Summit which was held between 11-13 September 2024 in Birmingham.

Joining Martin George, deputy editor of Local Government Chronicle, are:

• Sengal Selassie, CEO and founder of Brightwood Capital Advisors
• Mike O'Donnell, former CEO of London CIV
• Jo Kempton, head of Lincolnshire Pension Fund

Together they discuss the implications of the new UK Government, an upcoming U.S presidential election, and the potential for pension fund/pool mergers, structural change, UK-focused investment, and more.

LGC Pension Insight Symposium 2024 - What does the new government mean for the LGPS?

Episode ten of this LGC Investment Series Podcast is now available, and was recorded at the recent LGC Pension Insight Symposium event held in Winchester between 11-12 July 2024. Joining deputy editor of Local Government Chronicle Martin George, is Phil Triggs, Tri-Borough Director of Treasury and Pensions at Westminster City Council, and Jo Donnelly, Secretary to the Scheme Advisory Board. The group discuss what the landslide Labour general election of 2024 means for the LGPS.

LGC Investment Seminar 2024, with Debbie Fielder and Philip Latham from Clwyd Pension Fund

Episode nine of this LGC Investment Series Podcast is now available, and was recorded at the recent LGC Investment Seminar event held at Carden Park in Cheshire between 14-15 March 2024. In this episode, Deputy Editor of LGC, Martin George, chats to a pair from Clwyd Pension Fund. Deputy Head of Fund, Debbie Fielder, who had received the Lifetime Achievement Award from LGC at dinner the night prior, and her boss - Philip Latham, Head of Fund.

LGC Investment Seminar Scotland 2023, with Bruce Miller

Episode eight of this LGC Investment Series Podcast is now available, and was recorded at the recent LGC Investment Seminar Scotland event held in Edinburgh between 19-20 October 2023.

In this episode, Deputy Editor of LGC, Martin George, chats to Bruce Miller, Chief Investment Officer at Lothian Pension Fund.

LGC Investment & Pensions Summit 2023, with Roger Phillips

Episode seven of this LGC Investment Series Podcast is now live, and was recorded at the recent LGC Investment & Pensions Summit held in Leeds between 07-08 September 2023.

In this episode, Deputy Editor of LGC, Martin George, chats to Roger Phillips from the Scheme Advisory Board, fresh off the back of his session at the event in which he updated the auidence on the Board's response to the upcoming consultation.

LGC Investment Seminar 2023 - Carden Park, Cheshire, with Dafydd Edwards

Episode six of this LGC Investment Series Podcast is now live, and was recorded at the recent LGC Investment Seminar held at Carden Park in Cheshire between 30-31 March 2023.

In this episode, Deputy Editor of LGC, Martin George, chats to Dafydd Edwards - County Fund Director at Gwynedd Pension Fund, ahead of his impending retirement. Dafydd was also awarded the LGC Investment Lifetime Achievement Awards at the event.

LGC Investment & Pensions Summit 2022 - Leeds, with Mike O'Donnell

Episode five of this LGC Investment Series Podcast was recorded at the LGC Investment & Pensions Summit held in Leeds between 08-09 September 2022. In this episode, Deputy Editor of LGC, Martin George, chats to Mike O'Donnell - the Chief Executive Officer at London CIV.

LGC Investment Seminar 2022 - Carden Park, Cheshire, with Jeff Houston

Back with a bang in 2022, our first post-pandemic episode features the imminently-retiring and sector legend, Jeff Houston. Jeff spoke at the LGC Investment Seminar 2022 at Carden Park in Cheshire.

LGC Investment Seminar 2020 - Carden Park, Cheshire

The third episode of our Investment Series Podcast was recorded at the LGC Investment Seminar 2020 which was held on 27 & 28 February at Carden Park Country Hotel in Cheshire.  The episode is hosted once again by LGC Features Editor Martin George. Martin is joined by CIPFA's Associate Director, Andrew Burns, shortly before he delivered the closing session to the conference audience.  Together they discuss the potential impact of COVID-19 (briefly), issues around pooling, and major infrastructure projects in the context of a new government.

LGC Investment and Pensions Summit 2019 - Collaboration & Sustainable Investing

This episode was recorded at the LGC Investment and Pensions Summit which was held at Celtic Manor in South Wales on 5 & 6 September 2019. LGC’s new Features Editor, Martin George, is joined by the Chief Executive of Brunel Pension Partnership, Dawn Turner, and Secretary to the Scheme Advisory Board, Jeff Houston. The trio discuss the key highlights from the two day Summit, including hot topics like collaboration cross-pools and sustainable investing. Also in this episode, we hear from Natalie Fee, Founder of City to Sea, as she sets the scene on climate change for the delegates. Find out more about Natalie’s journey and how City to Sea are connecting our actions to our oceans by visiting citytosea.org.uk .

This podcast is bought to you by Minerva Analytics, the new name for Manifest. Minerva is Europe’s independent provider of global proxy voting, corporate governance & ESG-factor research. To learn more about our Sustainable Stewardship and Shareholder Voting services, please visit Minerva.info .

LGC Pension Insight Symposium 2019 - ESG & Holding Pools to Account

In the first episode of the LGC Investment Series Podcast, editor of LGC Nick Golding is joined by Denise Le Gal from BPP and Michael Marshall from LGPS. The three discuss ESG - what does it mean and how does it directly impact our world, and how funds can hold their pool to account. This episode was recorded at the LGC Pension Insight Symposium, sponsored by PIMCO, held between 11-12 July 2019. PIMCO is one of the world's premier fixed income investment managers. Find out more at pimco.co.uk