Stephen Field
Stephen heads up the executive of the TfL Pension Fund and started his career in the former London Transport Superannuation Fund office (now the TfL Pension Fund Office) and has since been employed in the pensions industry for more than 38 years.
He has held senior pensions positions within a number of companies, including Centrica Plc where he undertook a number of important roles during his 6 years there, culminating in that of Group Pensions Manager.
This was followed by a period with The Automobile Association, where he was Group Pensions Manager, a position he held for over 3 years and where he had responsibility for the provision of pension benefits and the governance and control of investments of the company’s benefit scheme.
Stephen rejoined TfL in January 2008 . He is a Trustee of the TfL Savings for Retirement Plan and a member of the management committee of the British Transport Police Superannuation Fund.
Stephen is a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute.
Tim has worked for TfL since August 2008 and in his role as Head of Pensions responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Pension Fund Office providing services to the Fund Members.
Tim has 39 years’ experience working in the pensions industry having held senior roles working on other large in-house defined benefit pension schemes, including Kingfisher plc where he was Pensions Operations Manager and the Automobile Association where he was Pensions Manager. He is a Trustee of the Tube Lines Pension Scheme.
Tim is an Associate of the Pensions Management Institute.
Sekani joined TfL in June 2023 as the TfL Pension Fund’s Pensions Operations Manager, and with effect from March 2025 he was appointed as Head of Pensions.
Sekani is responsible for delivering ongoing pension administration services to Fund Members, bringing over 15 years of experience working on defined benefit pension schemes whilst at reputable third party pensions administration companies.
In December 2023, Sekani also became a Trustee of the TfL Savings for Retirement Plan.
Chief Investment Officer (CIO)
Padmesh Shukla is CIO of the TfL Pension Fund leading a team delivering the Fund's Investment Strategy with a current focus of diversifying the Fund’s bond and equities portfolio to building its large alternatives programme.
He also leads the Fund’s sustainability and engagement strategy in the Fund Office and is working on the delivery of the Fund's ambitious Net Zero targets. Emerging markets and climate change are of particular interest to him, having previously worked at the World Bank and the Centre for International Development.
He went to Harvard University on full scholarship for his Masters in International Economics and Development (major in Finance) and has a Bachelors in Civil Engineering.
He sits on the UK CFA Asset Owner Council and is also an independent investment committee member of the Church of England Pension Scheme.
Wai Yee joined TfL in January 2016 as the TfL Pension Fund’s Pensions Financial Controller and is responsible for the preparation of the Fund’s annual financial statements and the running of the Fund’s Finance Department.
Wai Yee is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and has almost 30 years of working experience in the pensions industry, both in house and third-party administration.
She has been a Trustee of the TfL Savings for Retirement Plan since July 2019.