- For media enquiries, please email: mediateam@uss.co.uk
- For urgent enquiries outside of office hours, you can also call 07713 075024
- For all other enquiries (including speaking opportunities), please email: corporateaffairs@uss.co.uk
Contacting the Corporate affairs team
Meet your Corporate affairs team
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Head of Corporate Communications & External Relations
Richard Williams
Richard leads the Corporate Affairs team, coordinating and leading USS’s work to engage with the media, Government and others.
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Corporate Communications Manager
Joel Sawyer
Joel is the first point of contact for most media enquiries. He focuses on USS corporate issues such as the valuation process. -
Investment Communications Manager
Alexandra Bradshaw
Alex covers our investment communications, working closely with USSIM (this includes our private market assets and our Net Zero journey).
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Public Affairs Manager
Samantha Wilding
Sam leads on USS’s engagement with Westminster and Whitehall, and coordinates our annual responsible investment reporting.
Latest news
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19 December 2024
Lawrence Churchill appointed Chair of the Joint Negotiating Committee
The Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) has appointed Lawrence Churchill CBE as its new independent Chair.
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8 October 2024
USS awarded Gold accreditation from Investors in People
Universities Superannuation Scheme’s Pensions Operations team has achieved the coveted Investors in People Gold accreditation. The award follows Pensions Operations achieving the Customer Service Excellence (CSE) accreditation for the second year in succession, with compliance-plus achieved in three areas.
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12 August 2024
Dr Samuel Marsh appointed to USS Board
Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited – the trustee of the UK’s largest private pension scheme by way of assets – is pleased to announce that Dr Samuel Marsh joined its board as a University and College Union (UCU)-appointed non-executive director on 12 August 2024.
Views from USS
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4 March 2025
Private considerations
The way USS has developed its in-house private markets expertise over the past 18 years is held up as a case study in a report published by the People’s Pension.
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22 August 2024
Developing our investment capability in developed markets
USSIM, USS’s in-house investment manager, is committed to ensuring it develops the investment capabilities required to deliver a portfolio that meets the long-term financial needs of USS’s members.
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1 August 2024
Our commitment to stewardship
Stewardship is allocating and overseeing capital to create long term value for beneficiaries which leads to wider economic, environmental and societal benefits.
Stewardship Report 2024
Read how we implement our commitments to stewardship and summarise our responsible investment activities and outcomes across all our asset classes.
