Kathryn Graham
Director, BT Pension Scheme Management
100 Women in Hedge Funds London Board Vice Chair
Ms. Graham is a Director of BT Pension Scheme Management Limited (BTPSM), the pensions advisory arm of the BT Pension Scheme, the largest in the UK. She joined BTPSM in 2004 to help establish a new team mandated to invest up to 5% of the BT Scheme directly into single manager hedge funds. In 2007, she took responsibility for Manager Selection across the BT scheme before moving in 2009 to set up a new team tasked with managing Liability Risk. She has more than 15 years experience in capital markets, derivatives and hedge funds both as an end buyer and structurer. She began her career at SG Warburg in 1994 in fixed income derivatives and also worked at UBS and Progressive Alternative Investments before joining BTPSM. She was educated at Edinburgh University, where she was awarded an MA in Economics and Mathematics. Ms. Graham is a member of the BTPSM Investment Committee, through which she is fully involved in all aspects of the scheme's investments. She has a special interest in improving the treatment of investors in offshore vehicles and most recently has been heavily involved in lobbying for changes to the EU Alternatives Directive alongside other like-minded investors. She is a member of the London Board of 100 Women in Hedge Funds, is closely involved with the work of the UNPRI and is a founding Trustee of the Hedge Fund Standards Board.
