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Speakers 
 Mr Robert D. Arnott,
Editor, Financial Analysts Journal,
Research Affiliates LLC
Rob Arnott is one of the world’s most respected authorities in TAA. He has authored over sixty articles for journals such as the Financial Analysts Journal, the Journal of Portfolio Management (JPM) and the Harvard Business Review. He has received five Graham and Dodd Scrolls or Awards, awarded annually by the CFA Institute (formerly AIMR), and two Bernstein-Fabozzi/Jacobs-Levy awards, awarded by JPM and Institutional Investor, for the best articles of the year. In 2002, he established Research Affiliates to offer subadvisory services, software and asset management products. He has also joined forces with PIMCO to offer the first global asset allocation product to make active use of alternative markets, beyond conventional stocks, bonds and cash.
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 Tim Bond,
Managing Director, Global Bond Strategy,
Barclays Capital
Tim Bond is Editor of the Barclays Equity-Gilt Study and he specialises in a global macroeconomic approach to asset allocation. Tim joined Barclays Capital from the hedge fund, Moore Capital, where he worked as a portfolio strategist. Prior to Moore, he worked for ten years at Tokai Bank London, a bond trading boutique that averaged the highest returns on capital of any UK institution in the early to mid-1990’s.
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 Gavyn Davies,
Ex-Chief Economist Goldman Sachs,Chairman Fulcrum Asset Management and Principal,
Prisma Capital Partners
Gavyn Davies was Goldman Sachs Chief Economist and Chairman of the Global Investment Research Department from 1988-2001, during which time he was repeatedly ranked as the number one economist in surveys of institutional investors. He has been a member of the UK Treasury’s Independent Forecasting Panel (1992-1997), and an Economic Adviser to the House of Commons Select Committee on the Treasury. He was appointed Chairman of the BBC in October 2001 and resigned his position in January 2004.
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 Mr Igor Drozdov,
Managing Partner,
Cornicen LLP
Igor Drozdov manages GTAA portfolio at Cornicen in London. In 2002-2003 he was successfully running Global Tactical Asset Allocation portfolio overlay at Mn Services, one of the largest Dutch pension fund managers. Before that he was doing proprietary trading and market-making in Emerging Markets short-term interest rates products at JP Morgan, London. He began his career in 1994 as Latin American sovereign debt trader at ABN AMRO Bank in Amsterdam and later became Head of fixed income trading and sales at the bank’s Russian subsidiary. Igor Drozdov has graduated from Delta University in The Netherlands in 1993 and studied at Moscow State University in 1984-1990.
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 Andrew Dyson,
Head of Institutional Business,
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
Andrew Dyson joined MLIM in April 2001 and has been Head of Institutional Business for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) since December 2003. Prior to joining MLIM, Andrew worked for the investment consulting arm of William M Mercer, rising to Head of UK Pension Funds before being promoted to Head of US Multinational Investment Consulting in New York in 1999. Andrew is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.
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 David Escoffier,
Head of Equity Derivatives,
SG Corporate & Investment Banking
David Escoffier began his equity derivatives career ten years ago at Credit Lyonnais in Paris, before moving to London to create their UK sales desk and then going on to head the sales effort in New York. Until his appointment in London, David was Head of Distribution for the Americas at SG Cowen in New York, a fully owned subsidiary of the Société Générale Group.
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 Susan Flynn,
Partner,
Coller Capital
Prior to working for Coller Capital, Susan Flynn was Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Asset Management (UK) and Chief Investment Officer, General Motors’ UK Pension Funds. She has also been a member of various private equity advisory boards, including Alchemy Partners, Apax Partners, BC Partners and Nordic Capital.
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 Tim Gardener,
Global Head, Investment Consulting,
Mercer Investment Consulting Ltd
Tim Gardener is one of the world’s most influential investment consultants, being Global Head of Investment Consulting at Mercer Investment Consulting. Tim chairs the firm’s Global Practice Leadership Group, Global Management Group and the Technical Products & Services Committee. He also advises a small number of UK funds on a range of investment matters. Tim has nearly 30 years of experience within the pensions and investment consulting industry and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.
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Chris Hatry,
MD, Legal & General Portfolio Managers Ltd,
Legal & General
After obtaining a doctorate in theoretical physics and qualifying as an actuary, Chris has had a very wide range of experience in Legal & General at a senior level, including working as IT Director and starting new businesses in Indonesia, Eqypt and Germany as International Director. He is currently working within Investment Management on asset liability modelling and derivative based solutions for both internal and external clients.
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 Dr. Leila Heckman,
Institutional Investor's no. 1 ranked asset allocator, President,
Heckman Global Advisors
For four years, Dr Heckman and her team have ranked number one or number two for Asset Allocation in Institutional Investor's Global survey. Heckman Global Advisors was founded in 2002, as an independent research firm to provide a disciplined approach to equity allocation for developed and emerging markets and across sectors. Previously, Dr Heckman was at Salomon Smith Barney for ten years where she was MD of Global Asset Allocation. She continues to be a prominent member of the Asset Allocation Committee at Smith Barney.
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 Alain Kerneis,
Executive Director, TAA Advisory,
Goldman Sachs
Alain joined Goldman Sachs' Portfolio Strategy group in 2000. He is in charge of a new tactical asset allocation advisory service that provides investors with new modelling approaches and derivative implementations. He previously worked at Commerzbank Securities as a quantitative strategist where he covered European equities. Until 1998, he was a quantitative analyst in the derivatives team of Citibank Global Asset Management.
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 Bruce Lavine,
Head of iShares Europe, iShares,
Barclays Global Investors
Bruce Lavine is the Head of the European iShares business where he is responsible for directing BGI’s exchange traded fund business across Europe. Prior to this, Bruce spent four years as CFO and Director of New Product Development for the U.S. Intermediary Business that includes iShares and other mutual funds. Bruce led Barclays’ efforts in launching over 50 iShares during that period covering various equity and fixed income indexes.
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 Prof Lionel Martellini,
Professor of Finance,
Edhec Graduate School of Business
Lionel Martellini, PhD, is professor of finance at the Edhec Graduate School of Business. Lionel is also Scientific Director and in charge of the “Tactical Allocation”, “Indexes and Benchmarking” and “Asset Allocation and Derivatives” research programmes at the Edhec Risk and Asset Management Research Centre. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Portfolio Management and the Journal of Alternative Investments. His expertise is in derivatives valuation and optimal portfolio strategies, and his research has been published in leading academic and practitioner journals. He has also co-authored several books in the area of fixed-income securities and alternative investment strategies.
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 David Mullins,
Former US Federal Reserve Vice Chairman, Co-Founder, LTCM,
Vega Group
Dr David Mullins is a former Vice Chairman of the US Federal Reserve. He was also a founding principal of LTCM, where he was involved in a wide range of relative value and global macro strategies. From 1974 through 1990, Dr. Mullins was a Professor at Harvard University, teaching corporate finance and capital markets. Vega Asset Management is one of the world's largest hedge fund managers, operating principally in the macro and fixed income markets, while Vega Institutional Advisors manages institutional quality liquidity enhancement products with low target volatility and conservative portfolio management.
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 Joanna Munro,
Head of UK Institutional and Global Consultants Relations,
AXA Investment Managers
Joanna joined AXA IM in July 2000 as Head of Business Development for AXA IM's Fixed Income, Structured Product and Hedge Fund capabilities. Prior to joining AXA, Joanna was Head of Alternative Investments at ABN AMRO Asset Management where she founded the Fund of Hedge Funds activity in 1997. Before joining ABN AMRO, Joanna was a VP at Salomon Brothers Asset Management where her work included advising pension fund and insurance clients on asset allocation issues.
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 Jim O'Neill,
Renowned currency guru, Head of Global Economic Research,
Goldman Sachs
Jim O’Neill is widely acknowledged as the top foreign-exchange economist, anywhere in the world, over the last decade, and he has frequently been voted top analyst by surveys such as Extel and Institutional Investor. In his current role as Head of Global Economic Research, Jim oversees all of Goldman’s economic research output. He is the creator of the acronym BRICs, which reflects the emergences of Brazil, Russia, India and China as the growth opportunities of the future. In November 2004, Jim joined the board of Manchester United as a non-executive director.
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 Michael Panzner,
Vice President,
Rabo Securities USA inc.
Michael is the author of “The New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle: an Insider's Guide to Successful Investing in a Changing World” . He is a 20-year veteran of the global stock, bond, and currency markets and is currently writing a book on acquiring an information edge in the modern investing environment.
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 Daan Potjer,
Head of Tactical Asset Allocation Portfolio Management,
ABN AMRO Asset Management
Daan Potjer heads the Tactical Asset Allocation and Balanced Mandates Portfolio Management team at AAAM in London and Amsterdam. The team performs active asset allocation over EUR 20.5 billion for clients across the globe. TAA strategies are employed on asset classes, regions and styles. Before Daan started the TAA capability in 1999 he worked as an Investment Strategist for AAAM.
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 Katherine Pulvermacher,
Head, Asset Allocation Research,
World Gold Council
Katharine Pulvermacher has headed up Investment Research at the World Gold Council since 2001. With specific responsibility for developing a strategy for marketing the investment case for gold to pension funds and private banks, Katharine is responsible for extensive analysis of gold investment relative to other assets and is also involved in risk analysis, market analysis and conducting research on the implementation of gold investment strategies.
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 Larry Allen Simon,
Chief Executive Officer, President and Sole Director,
Life Settlement Solutions
Larry Simon serves is responsible for the executive management of LSS, long-range strategic planning and development, relationships with funding sources and brokers, and executive oversight of the general business affairs of the Company.
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 Mr Andrew Smithers,
Chairman,
Smithers & Co Ltd
Andrew is the co-author of two books: "Valuing Wall Street", and “Japan's Key Challenges for the 21st Century". His work is held in great esteem by his peers, his writing often receiving academic, as well as professional, acclaim. Smithers & Co. provides advice on international asset allocation to over 100 clients around the world, focusing on equities, bonds and currencies in the three major markets of US, UK and Japan. Andrew first visited Japan in 1968 and lived there from 1986 to 1989.
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 Mr Jules Staniewicz,
Vice President and Senior Strategist,
John. W Henry & Company, Inc.
Jules Staniewicz is Senior Strategist for John W. Henry & Company, Inc. and a member of the JWH Investment Policy Committee. Since joining JWH in March of 1992, Mr. Staniewicz has held positions of increasing responsibility at the firm. His current responsibilities include business and investment strategy, as well as overseeing business development for institutional and high net worth clients.
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Mr Daniel Wiener,
Managing Director,
State Street Global Markets
Daniel joined State Street in 1997 as Managing Director of State Street’s European securities business. In this role, Daniel is responsible for State Street’s transition management and equities trading activities in Europe, Middle East and Africa. During this time State Street has become a leading supplier of transition management services to investors throughout the region and has developed its equity trading services leveraging the power of State Street’s unique research and its technology platform - Global Link.
Daniel joined State Street from Instinet where he was responsible for global portfolio trading. Between 1986 and 1992 he made markets in pan European equities for Merrill Lynch. He read Electronic Engineering at Southampton University and is an FSA Approved Person.
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 John Wilkinson,
Senior Manager,
Man Investments
John Wilkinson is a senior manager for Man Investments, based in London, responsible for clients in the UK and Netherlands. Prior to joining Man Investments in 2003, John spent two years with RMF, and four years with AEGON in the Netherlands as head of equities.
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