Richard Wohanka joined the Union Bancaire Privée in October 2009 as CEO of Asset Management and Alternative Investments.  With more than twenty years' experience in asset management, Richard has an impressive track record of successfully growing the businesses he ran. A specialist in international finance, he was CEO of Fortis Investment Management from 2001 to 2009 and CEO of WestLB Asset Management from 1998 to 2001. Before this, he worked for thirteen years with Banque Paribas, three of which he spent as CEO of Asset Management.

Richard is multilingual and is an economic history graduate of both Harvard and Cambridge.

He currently holds a number of non executive appointments including Albion Community Power, Brockwell Energy Group, Eneus, and Opportuneo.  He is a senior counsel at Gowlings, an international legal practice.

Previously, Robert was deputy chairman of Nugen, chair of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry and Smarter Grid Solutions, and independent director of the Oil & Gas Authority, General Counsel at British Energy Group and its predecessor companies (1990 – 2009) and was formerly a member of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority. He lives in Edinburgh and was awarded the OBE for services to the electricity industry in 2007.

Margaret Stephens has been appointed as a trustee and director of the NLF with effect from 21 April 2020.

Margaret is a qualified Chartered Accountant with extensive knowledge and experience in infrastructure, investment management, and stakeholder engagement both across industry and Government. Margaret was a partner with KPMG in London for 16 years where she held various executive management roles in global infrastructure and investment and was Founder & Chair of KPMG’s Global Sovereign Wealth, Pension and Infrastructure Funds Group.

Currently, Catherine is a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs International and Goldman Sachs International Bank and sits on the Board Risk Committee for both.

She is also a non-executive director of CQS Management Ltd., a c$18bn credit-focused multi-strategy asset manager, where she chairs the Remuneration Committee and sits on the Audit Committee.

Catherine was an investment director at GAM from 2006 to 2011 where she was head of research for the multi-manager team and head of the segregated accounts business. Prior to GAM, Catherine was CEO of a multi-strategy fund of hedge fund manager, Aida Capital Limited, which she joined shortly after its inception in 2001. Previously, she has held various positions in equity derivatives trading, risk management and product control at different investment banks, including Credit Suisse and Bankers Trust. Between 1995 and 1998 Catherine was based in Asia, both Hong Kong and Singapore.

Catherine holds an MA in Physics from Oxford University and has recently completed a period of postgraduate research at Imperial College, London, specialising in Quantum Information.

Martin has 35 years' experience in the energy sector having spent his career largely with Atkins plc, the engineering consultant, until retiring in 2020. 

Martin was CEO of Atkins' Energy Division for 10 years and as such was responsible for all the company's engineering activities in the nuclear, oil & gas and renewables industries. 

He has a particular interest in late life issues associated with ageing energy assets.

Martin has a first degree in engineering from Edinburgh University and a PhD in fluid mechanics from The City University, London. 

He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.  He is currently a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Engineering.