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CUPTL Board of Directors
CUACPS Investments Committee
Ill Health Committee
CUPTL Board of Directors
Appointed by the University Finance Committee
Dr Ian Iceton
Ian was appointed chair to the scheme on 1 March 2024. His first degree was Business Studies at City University, and he also obtained an MBA from the Open University. He is a Chartered Management Accountant, FCMA, and a Chartered HR professional, FCIPD, having been a HR Director in four major UK businesses over the last twenty years (including Volkswagen Group UK, and Network Rail). Ian has been a Pension Trustee for fifteen years across four other schemes, three as Chair. In 2022 Ian completed his research doctorate, DBA, from Cranfield University. He researched the challenges and opportunities of recruiting and employing autistic employees. Ian recently retired from full -time corporate life and has a part-time portfolio career balancing his pension Trustee activities with advocacy work for autistic candidates and employees.
Appointed by the University Council
Mr Steve Hutson
Steve Hutson was appointed in October 2015. He joined the University Finance Division in April 2008 as Assistant Director (Financial Operations) with responsibility for the main operational accounting areas including Financial Reporting. Prior to this he worked for News UK (formerly News International) where his last role was as Group Financial Controller.
He is a qualified accountant (FCCA) and a Trustee of the News International Pension & Life Assurance Plan for Senior Executives (NIPLAPSE).
Mr Michael Pratten
Michael Pratten was appointed in November 2022. Michael is currently Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Church of England Pension Board, where he is responsible for managing the assets of the Church pension schemes and charitable enterprises of the National Church Institutions. He has over 35 years investment and board experience in the pension, insurance and asset management industries, including serving as CIO of the Coal Pension Schemes, Group CIO of Canopius where he was also Chair of the CIO Sub-Committee of Lloyds LMA, and Director of Asset Allocation for US asset manager Wellington Management Ltd. He has also served as Trustee and NED of the UBS (PaineWebber) Pension Plan, and is a member of the Client Advisory Board for Allianz Global Investments and advisor to the Investment Committee of Hiscox PLC.
Mr Anthony Odgers
As the University’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr Odgers has oversight of all the institution’s assets, including Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Assessment, the Cambridge University Endowment Fund and the University’s technology transfer through Cambridge Enterprise. He also plays a leading role in developing new and existing areas of commercial activity, as well as the University’s long term strategic and financial plan.
Previously, Mr Odgers, who is an alumnus of Gonville & Caius College, spent six years in a senior position in the oversight and management of the UK Government’s corporate and financial holdings and investments, playing a key role in the Government’s position as a shareholder in a number of its assets as well as in its commercial dealings with large companies and investors.
Prior to that, Mr Odgers had a 20-year career in investment banking spanning project finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and corporate restructuring. This culminated in the role of Global Co-head of the Restructuring Advisory Group at Deutsche Bank – helping the bank’s clients manage the fallout of the financial crisis.
Ms Vanessa McPhee
Vanessa McPhee joined Cambridge Assessment as Chief Financial Officer in June 2020. She is an experienced finance leader who has worked across a range of industries. Before joining Cambridge Assessment, Vanessa worked at microprocessor firm Arm, as Senior Director for Finance Business Partnering and Digital Finance Transformation.
Vanessa has a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Nottingham and began her career at the accounting firm Arthur Andersen. She then went on to work for the engineering firm Rolls Royce, before joining the bank Capital One where she spent nearly 12 years, experiencing most areas of Finance before eventually becoming the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.
Vanessa is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Appointed by the Trade Unions
Mr Paul Stokes (Unite)
Paul Stokes is currently employed at the Department of Material Science & Metallurgy as a Mechanical Workshop Technician. Having been previously employed & trained at a number of firms, most of whom no longer exist. Paul joined the University nearly 30 years ago and almost immediately enrolled in the CPS. He is a Trade Union member and having been active in helping fellow Union members. Paul was elected as a Member Nominated Director in January 2002 by the Branch membership.
Appointed by the Active Members of the Scheme
Mr Sol Miah
Sol Miah joined the University of Cambridge as a HR & Events Administrator at the Department of Physics in 2018. His role includes recruitment, limits of tenure, purchasing, visitor requests, organising events and travel arrangements.
He joined the Wellbeing Committee and Cavendish Community Forum. He has contributed to organising wellbeing events, established Wellbeing Advocates to support staff, achieved the Athena Swan Gold Award, adopted the Race Equality Charter, and promoted the Physics LGBTQ and BAME Societies and Networks.
Sol was a Governor at The Bedford College Group, where he gained experiences in TPS/LGP pension schemes, strategic development, governance, finances, HR, auditing, risk management, quality and curriculum standards for students, implemented safeguarding/EDI policies and capital projects.
Sol successfully completed the High Impact Leadership course at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He has gained degrees in BA Financial Services and an MSc Occupational Psychology. He is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development.
Appointed by the Pensioner Members of the Scheme
Mr David Newton
David has previous experience in the financial services sector working for Norwich Union (Aviva), Prudential and holding an agency with Scottish Amicable where he has gained pension, AVC and investment technical experience. He has been both office based and worked in the field meeting and advising clients.
Having begun to retrain as a building surveyor whilst working part-time at the University of Cambridge, David achieved a degree in Building Surveying at Anglia Ruskin University and subsequently completed a Sustainable Heritage Masters degree at University College London. Following on he has collaborated with colleagues at UCL examining sustainability of the heritage housing stock.
Currently working part-time as a building surveyor, David was appointed as a trustee in November 2022 and is currently undertaking the Pension Regulator training programme for new pension trustees.
CUACPS Investments Committee
Mr Michael Pratten - Chair
Michael Pratten was appointed in November 2022. Michael is currently Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Church of England Pension Board, where he is responsible for managing the assets of the Church pension schemes and charitable enterprises of the National Church Institutions. He has over 35 years investment and board experience in the pension, insurance and asset management industries, including serving as CIO of the Coal Pension Schemes, Group CIO of Canopius where he was also Chair of the CIO Sub-Committee of Lloyds LMA, and Director of Asset Allocation for US asset manager Wellington Management Ltd. He has also served as Trustee and NED of the UBS (PaineWebber) Pension Plan, and is a member of the Client Advisory Board for Allianz Global Investments and advisor to the Investment Committee of Hiscox PLC.
Mr Steve Hutson
Steve Hutson was appointed in October 2015. He joined the University Finance Division in April 2008 as Assistant Director (Financial Operations) with responsibility for the main operational accounting areas including Financial Reporting. Prior to this he worked for News UK (formerly News International) where his last role was as Group Financial Controller.
He is a qualified accountant (FCCA) and a Trustee of the News International Pension & Life Assurance Plan for Senior Executives (NIPLAPSE).
Mrs Natasha Landell-Mills
Natasha joined Sarasin & Partners in 2013, where she oversees the firm's stewardship activities. Specific areas of work include steering the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters into the investment process, managing voting and engagement, and leading outreach on several policy and market-related matters. Natasha manages a team of three stewardship analysts.
In the UK, Natasha has been a vocal advocate of reform for the accounting and audit system to promote long-term stewardship, as well as for action by company boards to confront climate change. She is a member of the Financial Reporting Council's Investor Advisory Group, as well as the Advisory Board for Sir Donal Brydon's review of the effectiveness and purpose of audit. Natasha is also involved with a number of committees promoting action to manage climate risk, convened by the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change. She sits on the Investment Committee for the Cambridge Assistants Contributory Pension Scheme.
Natasha has a background in development economics and responsible investment. Prior to joining Sarasin & Partners, she spent six years as the Senior Analyst leading ESG integration and several areas of policy work at the Universities Superannuation Scheme's investment management arm. Natasha also spent four years in Budapest working with OTP Fund Management and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Before moving into finance, she spent a number of years working on sustainable development issues in Asia, Africa and Latin America, starting her career as an Overseas Development Institute Fellow, working as the Chief Economist in the Guyana Forestry Commission.
Natasha was awarded the International Corporate Governance Network’s 2019 Stewardship Champion Award, and joined the International Audit and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) Consultative Advisory Group in early 2020.Natasha has a Masters in Economics from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics from University College London, and is a CFA Charterholder
Mr Norman Cumming
Norman Cumming was appointed in March 2019. He graduated with a First in Economics from Cambridge and has spent most of his career in investment management, including being Head of Fixed Income at UBS Global Asset Management and subsequently the founder of CR Global LLP. He has also served as Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee at UnLtd, the charity for social entrepreneurs; and continues to serve as a member of the Investment Committee of Clare College, and as a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of Stairway Partners LLC, a US investment management firm.
Mr Sam Sturge
Sam was appointed in November 2021. He is an Associate Director of Private Assets at the Cambridge University Endowment Fund, where he oversees the firm’s Private Equity activities. He previously worked as a Principal at Partners Capital, an outsourced chief investment office, where he oversaw the firm’s investments in European Private Equity. He holds a Bachelors in Engineering from Imperial College London and is a CFA charterholder.
Dr Ian Iceton
Ian was appointed in March 2024. His first degree was Business Studies at City University, and he also obtained an MBA from the Open University. He is a Chartered Management Accountant, FCMA, and a Chartered HR professional, FCIPD, having been a HR Director in four major UK businesses over the last twenty years (including Volkswagen Group UK, and Network Rail). Ian has been a Pension Trustee for fifteen years across four other schemes, three as Chair. In 2022 Ian completed his research doctorate, DBA, from Cranfield University. He researched the challenges and opportunities of recruiting and employing autistic employees. Ian recently retired from full -time corporate life and has a part-time portfolio career balancing his pension Trustee activities with advocacy work for autistic candidates and employees.
Ill Health Committee
Mr Steve Hutson
Steve Hutson was appointed in October 2015. He joined the University Finance Division in April 2008 as Assistant Director (Financial Operations) with responsibility for the main operational accounting areas including Financial Reporting. Prior to this he worked for News UK (formerly News International) where his last role was as Group Financial Controller.
He is a qualified accountant (FCCA) and a Trustee of the News International Pension & Life Assurance Plan for Senior Executives (NIPLAPSE).
Mr Sol Miah
Sol Miah joined the University of Cambridge as a HR & Events Administrator at the Department of Physics in 2018. His role includes recruitment, limits of tenure, purchasing, visitor requests, organising events and travel arrangements.
He joined the Wellbeing Committee and Cavendish Community Forum. He has contributed to organising wellbeing events, established Wellbeing Advocates to support staff, achieved the Athena Swan Gold Award, adopted the Race Equality Charter, and promoted the Physics LGBTQ and BAME Societies and Networks.
Sol was a Governor at The Bedford College Group, where he gained experiences in TPS/LGP pension schemes, strategic development, governance, finances, HR, auditing, risk management, quality and curriculum standards for students, implemented safeguarding/EDI policies and capital projects.
Sol successfully completed the High Impact Leadership course at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He has gained degrees in BA Financial Services and an MSc Occupational Psychology. He is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development.