Mark is a Professional Trustee and is Chair of the Investment & Funding Committee of the c£4bn Nationwide Pension Fund (NPF). He is also Chair of the Pensions Research Accounting Group. He has significant investment experience across all asset classes with a particular emphasis on private markets, in which he has invested for 23 years. He was previously CIO of NPF with responsibility for implementing the investment and liability hedging strategy of the Fund . His experience includes being Chair of Workers Pension Trust before its merger into Cushon. He also established Nationwide’s secured funding programmes, its Treasury investment strategy, acquiring student loans, corporate bond securitisation, and originating social housing, PFI and commercial lending.