Alpha appoints Roger Mountford

Alpha Real Capital, a specialist manager of secure income real assets, has appointed Roger Mountford (pictured) as Senior Adviser (Pensions).

Mr Montford has held a range of board and trustee positions across the private and public sectors and chaired several large pension schemes. He has a special interest in private assets, including infrastructure, social housing, and private equity.

Currently chair of the trustee of the Lafarge UK Pension Plan, he is also a government-appointed director of HS2 Limited and has served on the boards of the Allied Domecq, Civil Aviation Authority and Church of England pensions boards. He has degrees in economics and management from the LSE and the Stanford Business School.

Phillip Rose, CEO at Alpha Real Capital said: “Roger brings a wealth of pensions industry and investment experience that is particularly relevant to Alpha’s focus on long term secure cashflows that meet the needs of pension funds”.

Alpha has around £4 billion in AUM.