Programme // Timetable

• Chairperson, Government Employees Pension Fund and World Bank Representative

Pension Funds – a critical role in stimulating economic growth

• Belonging to a pension fund or having an option to save for retirement is not a reality in most developing countries. How do we change this?
• Should there be a mandatory social security scheme?
• How can technology be leveraged to reach all citizens
• How do you incentivise people to save?

Panellists:

• Mr. Abel Sithole – Principal Executive Officer Government Employees
  Pension Fund (GEPF)
• Mr. Ant Lester – Former Director: Willis Towers Watson
• Mr. Nzomo Mutuku – Chief Executive Officer: Retirement Benefits Authority,
  Kenya
• Ms. Ann Cabot-Alletzhauser – Head: Alexander Forbes Research Institute

• Case study of the UK’s Collective Defined Contribution Plans – Mr. Andrew Slater – Independent Actuarial and Investment Expert
• Case study of India’s New Pension System India – Mr. Gautam Bhardwaj, Founder and Director, pinBox, Singapore
• Case study of Chile – Ms. Olga Fuentes, Deputy Chairman of Regulation, Superintendent of Pensions – Chile

Moderated by Ms Fiona Stewart, World Bank

• Achieving benefits predictability while reducing volatility of contributions and funding requirements in the face of financial market volatility
• Reviewing methodologies for measuring pension liabilities
• Designing a funding methodology that can reduce the volatility of sponsor contributions during periods of financial market volatility
• What is the right balance between the contribution rate and investment risk?

Panellists:

• Mr. Eric Gires – Principal Actuary – World Bank
• Mr. Jordan Berger – Director – Institutional Investors Roundtable
• Mr. Marius du Toit – Divisional Executive: Specialist Support – FSCA
• Dr. Petri Greeff – Head: Investment Advisory and Administration – Riscura
• Mr. Howard Buck – Actuary – Keystone Actuarial Solutions
• Mr. Erich Potgieter – Actuary and Consultant – Willis Towers Watson

• Where are the opportunities?
• What are the key challenges?
• Reconciling fiduciary objectives and constrains
• Idiosyncratic vs systematic ESG risks and the role of public pension funds

Panellists:

• Mr. Gabriel Petre – lead Investment Strategists, World Bank
• Dr. Colin Habberton – Founder, Relativ Group
• Ms. Nicola Comninos – Chairperson, JSE Pension Fund
• Ms. Fabiana Fedeli – Managing Director and Global Head of Fundamental
  Equity, Robeco
• Ms. Nicole Martens – UN PRI Head Africa and Middle East

• What are the objectives?
• What are the governance considerations?
• Prescribed investments – case study from Namibia

Panellists:

• Mr. Kenneth Matomola – Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Namibia Financial
  Institutions Pension Fund (NAMFISA) (Namibia)
• Ms. Joanne Yoo – Managing Director, Development Partners International
• Mr. Rob Rusconi – Founder and Actuary, Tres Consulting
• Mr. Ndabe Mkhize –Chief Investment Officer, Eskom Pension and Provident
  Fund
• Mr Isaac Ramputa – Chairperson, Batseta
• Mr. Sholto Dolamo – Head: Research

Moderated by Ms. Daniela Klingebiel – Manager Financial Advisory Banking Reserves, World Bank

• How can King IV be used to bolster governance for pension Funds – Judge Mervyn King

• Fiduciary responsibility – what are the roles and responsibilities of trustees?
• Are fund trustees falling short of their fiduciary and ethical standards in executing their responsibilities?
• What are the key policies and procedures necessary to ensure good governance?
• How does a pension fund assess Board effectiveness?

Panellists:

• Mr. Louis van Vuren – Chief Executive Officer, Fiduciary Institute of SA
• Ms. Nicky Newton-King – Former CEO, Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)
• Ms. Bekeme Masade-Olowola – Chief Executive Officer – CSR in Action, Nigeria
• Mr. Theo Botha – Shareholder Activist, Proxy View
• Mr. Bernard Murira – Lead Financial Officer, World Bank

• Speaker: Dr. Renosi Mokate, Chairperson, GEPF

Speaker: Mr. Marcelo Giugale, Director: Financial Advisory and Banking Department, World Bank Treasury

• What are the opportunities?
• What are the challenges?

Panellists:

• Mr. David Nuyoma – Chief Executive Officer, Government Institutions Pension Fund, Namibia
• Mr. David Ashiagbor – Head: Making Finance Work for Arica, African Development Bank
• Mr. Elias Masilela – Executive Chairperson, DNA Economics
• Mr. Gabriel Petre – Lead Investment Strategist, World Bank,
• Mr. Aymeric Saha – Managing Director, MiDA

Mr. Abel Sithole, Principal Executive Officer, GEPF

Conference Closing