Vicky Williams

Head of Private Markets at Coal Pension Trustees Services

Vicky is Head of Private Markets for Coal Pension Trustees Ltd, focused on the management of the private equity, private credit, infrastructure and property portfolios of the British Coal and Mineworkers’ pension schemes.
Prior to joining CPTI in 2018, Vicky was a managing director in Cambridge Associates’ pension practice, advising clients on asset allocation strategy, manager selection, and investment program evaluation. Before this, Vicky held senior roles in the pension industry focused on private equity. She was the Head of Private Equity at BP Investment Management Ltd. where she was responsible for the management of the £2.0 billion private equity portfolio, defining the strategy and overseeing fund selection, due diligence and portfolio management for over 200 funds and over 90 manager relationships across the US, Europe and Asia. Whilst at BP, she also held a number of advisory board roles for funds across a variety of strategies. Prior to that, Vicky was Head of Private Equity at British Airways Pensions Management Ltd where she was solely responsible for the management of private equity portfolios of the Airways Pension Scheme and the New Airways Pension Scheme. Vicky was also Head of Private Equity at Shell Pensions Management Services Ltd.
Vicky began her private equity career in the late 1990s when she was an early employee at Altius Associates Ltd., a global private equity advisory firm founded in 1998.