- 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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25 June 2025
Conditional Indexation: interim report
UCEA and UCU have been exploring Conditional Indexation benefit design options. The first of two planned reports provides an interim update on progress and highlights areas for further exploration.
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13 May 2025
USS signs Mansion House Accord for private market investments
Private markets already form an important part of our investment portfolio as we believe they can achieve beneficial investment outcomes for our members over the long term. We have therefore signed the new Mansion House Accord – a non-binding, voluntary expression of intent to invest at least 10% in private markets across defined contribution (DC) default funds by 2030, with at least 5% of total assets going to UK private markets.
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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.
Views from USS
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22 April 2025
Incorporating sustainability-themed investments in our DC ethical investment options
We’ve updated USS’s Investment Builder ethical investment options to incorporate a more explicit focus on sustainable investing.
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28 March 2025
USS: 50 years young – reflections on the scheme’s golden jubilee year
To mark USS’s 50th anniversary, we invited David Watts (a UCU-appointed non-executive director) and Will Spinks (a UCEA-appointed non-executive director) to share their perspectives on the scheme and where it finds itself in its jubilee year.
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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.
Stewardship Report 2025
Read how we implement our commitments to stewardship and summarise our responsible investment activities and outcomes across all our asset classes.
