Alison Hatcher
Chief Client Officer at Vidett
Alison is a professional trustee and Chief Client Officer at Vidett. She helps guide Vidett business in providing member-focused outcomes for our clients, whilst balancing the needs of scheme sponsors and other stakeholders. Before joining Vidett, Alison was an independent pensions consultant, professional trustee and Non-Executive Director (NED) of The Pensions Regulator (TPR). She has previously worked as the CEO of HSBC Retirement Services Limited and Head of Global Pension Strategy Corporate Clients. She now has an active portfolio of CDC, Superfund, DB schemes and supporting Master Trusts. Alison is one of the founders of Women in Pensions, an industry group set up to support women and has previously sat on the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) Board.
Bob Hymas
Professional Trustee and Director at BESTrustees
Bob Hymas has over 25 years’ experience of working with pension schemes, firstly as a pension scheme auditor and then as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Merchant Navy Officers Pensions Fund (MNOPF), a large multi-employer scheme. He joined BESTrustees in 2016 and has acted as a professional trustee since then with a focus on smaller schemes. He was appointed as a director of BEST in July 2024. Bob is a fully accredited member of the Association of Professional Pension Trustees and he has held a variety of voluntary roles within the pensions industry. He is the a past chairman of the Pensions Research Accountants Group and is currently chair of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ Pensions Sub-Committee.
Paul Carne
EMEA Delegated Chief Investment Officer at Aon Investments
Paul Carne is the EMEA Delegated Chief Investment Officer at Aon Investments, overseeing Fiduciary and OCIO institutional client portfolios across Defined Benefit, Endowment, and Insurance segments. Since joining Aon over 15 years ago, Paul has been a key leader in the business, driving significant growth in assets under management and expanding the client base. Prior to Aon, Paul held roles in wholesale retail and wealth management, serving as both a Portfolio Manager and a Fund Researcher.