LGPS Central appoints Louis-Paul Hill in Investment Oversight role

Louis-Paul Hill has been appointed as Investment Fund Oversight & Strategy Manager at LGPS Central.

Louis-Paul, a seasoned investment professional with over 20 years of LGPS experience, joins LGPS Central from his consultancy role at Aon. During his tenure, he served as the FCA-regulated lead advisor to numerous LGPS funds, ranging in size from £2 billion to over £11 billion. His clients included The Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC), North Yorkshire, and Shropshire. Louis-Paul also led investment projects for multiple funds, including West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Rhondda, and Teesside, and was lead advisor to Merseyside for a decade. Most recently, he provided independent investment advice to Cumbria Pension Fund, delivering tailored guidance to their Pension Committee and Investment Sub-Group.

Louis-Paul brings deep expertise in both public and private markets, asset management, and fund solutions. His strong background in quantitative and qualitative analysis underpins his ability to develop robust risk management and asset allocation frameworks. He has a proven track record of identifying and responding to emerging risks and opportunities while ensuring investment solutions remain aligned with client needs. His skill set includes setting investment strategy, conducting risk modelling, tactical asset allocation, portfolio construction, manager selection, and ongoing monitoring.

Richard Law Deeks, CEO of LGPS Central Limited, shared his enthusiasm for the appointment: “I’m really pleased to be welcoming Louis-Paul to the Central team at such an exciting time for UK Pooling. His extensive experience delivering advice to LGPS clients over many years will be an invaluable addition to the internal talent we already have. Louis-Paul’s new role ensures we continue to deliver a first-class service to our Partner Funds as we transition assets in line with the Government’s vision for pooling.”

There have been a number of key recent additions to the LGPS Central team in recent weeks, notably the newly bolstered Fixed Income Team has welcomed Roger Webb (former Aviva and Aberdeen Asset Management) and Simon Hancock (former Portfolio Manager at Tesco Pension Investment), and will be joined by Carl Shepherd (formerly Newton Asset Management) later this month, will all be key additions helping to look after over £4.8 billion in fixed income assets across seven products.