Welcome to new committee members Q3 2025

Welcome to our new committee members in Q2 so far: 

 

• Angus Roy, Aberdeen joins The Public Policy Committee
  

  Angus Roy

  Head of Real Assets Structuring, Aberdeen

  Angus Roy is the Head of Real Assets Structuring at Aberdeen, leading a team overseeing legal risk, transaction management and process efficiencies in Real Assets for the Investment division within the group. Angus is a dual qualified solicitor in England and Wales (since 2008) and New South Wales, Australia (since 2018) and has worked on Real Assets transactions globally since 2006.

  Angus was previously a Special Counsel at Clayton Utz in Sydney and a Senior Associate at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in London. Angus qualified as a lawyer at DAC Beachcroft in London. Angus is a Member of the Law Society in both England and Wales and New South Wales and is also admitted to practice law in the High Court of Australia. Angus holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (2021) and has taken a course in Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2019).

  Angus also holds directorships of a number of Aberdeen group subsidiaries related to the Real Assets business

• ​​​Matthew Abbott, appointed as Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee
  

  Matthew Abbott

  Independent

  Matthew worked at Legal & General in their Investment Management team, as Head of Client Development – Real Estate Client Solutions from 2019 to June 2025.

  Prior to this he was a Principal in Mercer's Real Estate Boutique. He joined Mercer in 2011 and researched real estate investment managers across Europe, covering all investment styles including commercial and residential real estate. Matthew is also part of Mercer's Dynamic Asset Allocation group and assists clients with strategic real estate advice. From an industry perspective, Matthew sits on the IPF Indirect Funds Working Group and the AREF Investor Committee and has previously been involved with IPD's Index Consultative Group.

  Prior to joining Mercer, Matthew was a Real Estate Researcher and Investment Consultant with Aon Hewitt for eight years. Matthew holds the IMC, has studied the Actuarial profession and holds an undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Statistics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and a postgraduate Master of Science in Real Estate from Kingston University.

  He regularly appears in the financial press and is active on industry panels, discussing all matters relating to institutional investment in real estate.

• Alexia Di Pietro, Citco joins The FutureGen Committee
  

  Alexia Di Pietro

  Senior Relationship Coordinator , Citco

  Alexia is a Senior Relationship Coordinator within Citco Fund Service’s Global Relationship Management team. In her role, she directly supports strategic clients, focusing on fostering global partnerships, collaboration and relationship governance.

  Alexia's career began at Westpac, as a Home Finance Manager, specializing in lending within the Australian residential market. She further expanded her expertise as a Credit Analyst at Santander, focusing on the UK mortgage market. Alexia holds a Bachelor of Economics & Finance from RMIT University.

   

We look forward to working with all our new committee members.