Andrew Austen

Andrew Austen

Director Investment Operations, COO Institutional Retirement Legal & General Investment Management
I am a strategic, commercially minded senior leader with deep expertise in Investment Operations, data strategy, risk & control transformation, and enterprise‑wide change across the UK’s insurance and pension risk transfer markets. Across my career at Legal & General and Pension Insurance Corporation, I’ve built and led high‑performing operational, data, and reporting functions that underpin multi‑billion‑pound balance sheets—driving stronger governance, greater automation, and significantly improved operational resilience. What motivates me is building the operating models of the future: simpler, safer, scalable and consistently delivering for customers, regulators and shareholders. I love solving complex challenges, bringing clarity to ambiguity, and creating structure where businesses need to grow with confidence.

Main Day 1 | 16th September

11:35 AM Cross-Asset Panel: Integrating Public and Private Markets at Scale: How can you design operating models that provide unified oversight across liquid and illiquid assets while respecting their structural differences?

  • Which operational processes can realistically be shared across public and private assets?
  • How are firms addressing data gaps around valuation, cash flows, and documentation?
  • What governance models work best for hybrid portfolios?
  • How does private market growth impact risk, reporting, and operational resilience?

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