Padmesh Shukla 

Chief Investment Officer (CIO) 

Padmesh Shukla is CIO of £14 billion TfL Pension Fund where he has delivered major changes from diversifying the Fund’s bond and equities portfolio to building its large alternatives programme. 

He also leads the Fund’s sustainability and engagement strategy in the Fund Office and is working on the delivery of the Fund's ambitious Net Zero targets. Emerging markets and climate change are of particular interest to him, having previously worked at the World Bank and the Centre for International Development.  

He went to Harvard University on full scholarship for his Masters in International Economics and Development (major in Finance) and has a Bachelors in Civil Engineering.  

He sits on the UK CFA Asset Owner Council and is also an independent investment committee member of the Church of England Pension Scheme.