PROGRAMME - Principal Officers Association

analyst.Hugh HackingHead of Retirement Fund Solutions: Old Mutual CorporateHugh graduated with distinction from the University of the Witwatersrand as anelectrical engineer. After gaining experience in the manufacturing industries hemoved to the financial services industry. At Nedbank he designed the transactionengine for the first internet banking system in South Africa.In 1998 he was appointed head of IT for the Old Mutual unit trust business and in2000 he completed his MBA through Herriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Hugh iscurrently Head of Retirement Fund Solutions at Old Mutual Corporate and is also aCFA Charterholder.Jo McClureSenior Manager: Buy Side Structured SalesStandard BankJo studied at St Mary’s School for Girls and the University of the Witwatersrand.She went on to qualify as a Chartered Accountant and is a member of the SouthAfrican Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Jo completed her articles atKPMG.Jo worked in corporate finance and structured products at Investec, and again instructured products at Standard Bank, giving her over 5 years’ experience instructured products. Her key clients have included asset managers, pension fundsand hedge funds. She has experience in providing passive hedging solutions topension funds and has done so to the value of R10 billion. She achieved this byworking through asset consultants and making use of different solutions rangingfrom funded solutions to derivative solutions.