Nemashe Sivayogan is the Head of Treasury and Pensions at the London Borough of Merton. Nemashe is responsible for looking after the £900m Pension Fund and the Treasury balance of £300m. In addition to Treasury and Pensions Nemashe also head the Council’s banking, insurance services and responsible for the year and accounting and auditing of the main Council. Also, she works on a number of projects across the council services. Nemashe is a qualified Chartered Institute of Management Accountant, holding an associate membership.

Nemashe has more 25 years of experience in accounting and investment management and for the last twenty years she has been working in the local government where she specialises in pension fund investment management, accounting, and governance. Nemashe also takes part in the Scheme Advisory Board’s Reporting and Compliance committee where she is helping with the accounting and audit issues facing the Local Government Pension Funds.