Our Staff and Steering Group

Ashok Gupta  Chair and Founding Director of NCC

Ashok Gupta

Chair and Founding Director

Chair of the Financial Systems Thinking Innovation Centre (Finstic). Chair of Mercer UK, Chair of EV, a non-executive Director of Sun Life Financial Inc. He led a review of the UK DB Pensions Sector as Chair of a PLSA Taskforce.

Ben Rich CEO of NCC

Ben Rich

CEO

Chief Executive, of Radix Big Tent, the system change think tank. Former Chief of Staff to Tim Farron MP while leader of the Liberal Democrats and Partner at City PR firm, Luther Pendragon.

Prof. Iain Clacher  Research Director, NCC

Prof. Iain Clacher

Research Director

Professor of Pensions & Finance at Leeds University Business School. Expert on pensions and retirement savings. He is a key contributor to pension policy and practice and has advised organisations including the PLSA, ONS, FCA.

Daniel Hedley  Policy Director of NCC

Daniel Hedley

Policy Director

Former Head of Policy at Fidelity International, and policy lead at BlackRock, Macquarie and Barclays Global Investors (BGI). Prior to industry, retail, retirement and conduct policy lead at the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

Dr. Sania Wadud

Dr. Sania Wadud

Researcher

Senior Research Fellow at Leeds University Business School. Former lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Essex and in Finance at BRAC University, Bangladesh.

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David Gunn

A strategist with the Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator specialising in the response to climate change. Former founding Director of Something More Near, leading climate action projects with partners including UNEP, Sky, Netflix and COP26.

Photograph of Nick Silver - Co-Founder NCC standing in the desert

Nick Silver

Co-founder, Climate Bond Initiative to facilitate institutional investment at scale in the low carbon economy, Radix Board member and an actuary and economist whose specialities include climate change policy, social insurance and development.

Francis Bell  Media and Parliamentary Officer, NCC

Francis Bell

Media and Parliamentary Officer

A communications and public affairs professional focused on delivering policy recommendations, briefings and key findings to a political and industry-level audience. Formerly a Parliamentary Researcher for several Members of Parliament.