335. George Graham, Head of South Yorkshire Pensions Authority: From Local Impact to an Industry in Transformation – Reflections from a life of service

George Graham is Director and Head of Fund at South Yorkshire Pensions Authority. He has spent a long career in public service, culminating in the last 8 years at SYPA, and prior to that he spent his career in various finance roles at Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Chorley, Lancashire and LPP. He is Governor and Vice Chair of Barnsley College as we...
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334. Pilar Gomez-Bravo of MFS Investment Management – finding balance in career and life

Pilar Gomez-Bravo is Co-Chief Investment Officer fixed income and portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management. She was previously a managing director at Neuberger Berman, and prior to that, spent a significant amount of her career at Lehman Brothers....
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333. Ian McKnight, CIO and Adviser: Out of the Box Thinking in Pensions and Institutional Investing

Ian McKnight is a long-time asset management CIO who currently holds a portfolio of roles, including as Chief Investment Officer of Tontine Trust, Senior Adviser of Cartwright, Hineni Capital and Giants Shoulders Capital as well as a series of other roles. He previously was Chief Investment Officer at Royal Mail for over 13 years.   ...
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332: Deanne Stewart of Aware Super – A Superannuation Fund Braced for a Dynamic World

Deanne Stewart is CEO at Aware Super, an Australian superannuation fund with over 200 billion AUD in assets under management and the third largest superannuation fund in the country. She has held this role for close to seven years, and was previously Chief Executive Officer at MetLife in Sydney, and prior to that, held a series of financial service...
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Trailer: Series 5 of 2025 – From Fraud Triangles to Total Return

Have you heard about the fraud triangle? Do you know what graduate trainees look for in an employer?  We are delighted to launch Series 5 of the Fiftyfaces Podcast this week. Featuring a range of voices from the Australian Superannuation Fund Aware Super to a legend of the UK local government pension scheme, we hear what drives their leadership...
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BONUS: Nate Kirk of Everside Capital Partners, a special Alvine Talks Podcast hosted by Aoifinn Devitt and Tom Raber

As we prepare for Series 5 of the Fiftyfaces Podcast, we are delighted to bring you this preview from Series 5, a joint podcast between Fiftyfaces Productions and Alvine Capital.  Alvine Capital is a specialist investment advisor and fund placement boutique.  Nate Kirk is the co-founder of Everside Capital Partners, a private credit fund focus...
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331. Sam Garetano of Brookfield Asset Management: The Promise of Data Centers the Power of AI

Sam Garetano is Senior Vice President at Brookfield Asset Management, where he works in the infrastructure area with a particular focus on data centers. He has spent his entire career in various roles in finance including at Blackrock and Adams Street Partners....
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330. Karl Scheer – CIO at the University of Cincinnati – Reflections on change and consistency

Karl Scheer is Chief Investment Officer at the University of Cincinnati, a role he has held for over 13 years. He previously worked in a series of consulting and other financial roles. Karl gave a wonderful overview of his career in this Capital Allocators Podcast with Ted Seides, so we wanted to take up where that left off, and hear about his evol...
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Bonus: Cesar Collier of Siguler Guff Brazil: From the Trenches of Retail to Creative Finance

Cesar Collier is Managing Partner and Head of Latin America at Siguler Guff & Company. Based in Sao Paolo he previously worked in a series of private equity roles, as well as in retail at Wal-mart and Carrefour Brasil. Our conversation starts by tracing Cesar’s early inspirations, the long history of army service in his […]...
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