Carolan Dobson
Reporting Panel Member
Chair - The Finance and Regulation Group
Biography
Carolan Dobson (appointed in 2005) is the Chairman of Qinetiq's Pension Fund, a trustee of the Avon Pension Fund and an expert adviser to a number of other corporate and Local Government Pension Funds. She is also Chairman of Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income Trust plc, a non-executive director of JP Morgan European Smaller Companies Plc, Chairman of Lomond School and a council member of sportscotland. She was Head of the Investment Floor at Abbey Asset Managers, a Director of Murray Johnstone and the fund manager of two award-winning investment trusts.
Register of interests
- Independent Investment Advisor to the Environment Agency, the London Borough of Enfield, Staffordshire County Council, Buckinghamshire, North Yorkshire and Rhondda Cynon Tafs' Pension Funds
- Trustee, Avon Pension Fund and TDG Pension Fund
- Chairman, Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income Trust plc and Non Executive Director JP Morgan European Smaller Companies plc
- Council member, sportscotland
- Trustee, Golden Charter
- Chairman, Lomond School
- Previously: Director, Abbey National Asset Managers plc (until 2004)
- Previously: Non-Executive Director, Securities and Investment Institute (until 2003)
- Previously: Non-Executive Director, British Waterways and Chairman of Pensions Committee (until 2001)
