By IPE Staff2021-01-27T16:36:00+00:00
Russell Picot, a former HSBC group chief accounting officer, has been appointed a trustee board director for the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the UK’s largest private pension scheme by way of assets.
Picot was with HSBC for more than 20 years, leaving in 2016. He was appointed as a trustee of the HSBC Bank (UK) Pension Scheme in 1999, becoming investment committee chair in 2013 and chair of the board in 2017.
He has also held a number of significant external appointments including roles with several accounting bodies, special adviser to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, and a trustee on the Master Trust LifeSight.