Paul Cox
Regulatory Standards & Codes
Prior to becoming Senior Lecturer of Finance at University of Birmingham Paul was an equity fund manager at Kleinwort Benson Investors. Paul is an Investment adviser at The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) and since 2007 has provided pension and investment expertise to the Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Accounts Delivery Authority, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Ministry of Justice. Paul is an academic member on the Occupational Pension Fund Stakeholder Group of the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Fund Authority (EIOPA). In 2017 Paul was engaged by the European Commission to support countries become future European Union member states by drafting amendments to existing national legislation on voluntary pension funds, capital market laws, and cross-border pension activity in order to harmonise with EU law. This included introducing new methods and methodologies to support the national supervisor carry out its work. Paul has a PhD in finance.