As Executive Director of the West Midlands Pension Fund Rachel leads and oversees a 250-strong team responsible for the investment of the Fund’s £21bn assets and delivery of pension information and benefits to over 360,000 public sector workers across the West Midlands region.

Originally training as an actuary, with over two decades of pension and investment experience, Rachel joined the Fund in 2015 and now works with a wide range of regional stakeholders and industry professionals, on pension policy and change initiatives, relevant both to her LGPS and Trustee Director roles.

Rachel is passionate about building sustainable futures for pension savers, developing best practice and operational resilience within an evolving Scheme and regulatory framework.

She works with colleagues across the LGPS and wider industry through a mix formal appointments and collaborative forums with a focus on realising enhanced collective value through an inclusive culture and nurture of system-wide change and innovation.

Rachel graduated from the University of Nottingham with a joint honours (BSc) degree in Mathematics and Economics and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (FIA, CERA).