Carolan Dobson
Reporting Panel Member
Chair - The Finance and Regulation Group
Biography
Carolan Dobson (appointed in 2005) is a trustee of the Vaillant pension scheme and chair of the investment committee, Independent Trustee of TDG 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 and a council member of Sport Scotland. 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
- Trustee, Vaillant pension scheme and chair of the investment committee
- Independent investment adviser to Hampshire County Council pension scheme
- Chair of the Audit Committee at Sportscotland, whose external auditors (appointed by Sportscotland) are Grant Thornton UK LLP and whose internal auditors (appointed by Audit Scotland) are BDO LLP.
- Independent Investment Adviser to the Environment Agency Pension Fund; and Independent Investment Advisor to the London Borough of Enfield, Staffordshire County Council, Buckinghamshire, North Yorkshire, Hampshire County Council and Rhondda Cynon Tafs' Pension Funds.
- Trustee, TDG Pension Fund
- Chairman, Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income Trust plc
- Non-executive director, JP Morgan European Smaller Companies plc
- Council member, Sport Scotland
- Trustee, Golden Charter
- Previously: Chairman of Qinetiqs pension scheme
- Previously: Director, Abbey National Asset Managers plc (until 2004)
- Previously: non-executive director, Securities and Investment Institute (until 2003)
- Non-executive director British Waterways and Chairman of Pensions Committee (until 2001)
