John Worth is being appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Church Commissioners for England, responsible for managing one of the nation’s leading endowment funds, with a 320-year legacy.

The Church of England Pensions Board on Thursday 15 May 2025 attended and spoke as a shareholder at the AGM of Lloyds Bank in Edinburgh.  

The Church of England Pensions Board will vote in favour of a resolution at Next PLC’s AGM, requesting the company disclose its approach to setting base pay and conduct analysis into uplifting pay for all its UK workers to the real Living Wage.  

John Ball, CEO of the Church of England Pensions Board, has been appointed to the board of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s (PLSA) Policy Board.

Sir Robert Buckland has been appointed the new Third Church Estates Commissioner, succeeding the Rt Revd Dr Flora Winfield, who was recently appointed Bishop of Selby.

The Church of England Pensions Board is urging the public to back the #GomaCallForPeace calling on leaders to return to talks to prevent further loss of lives, the growing humanitarian crisis and risk of regional escalation.

The £3.4 billion Church of England Pensions Board highlights risk of exposure to international supply chains from minerals from the conflict area.

This opinion piece by Alan Smith, the Church of England's First Church Estates Commissioner, was originally published in the Daily Telegraph on 14 January, 2025.    

The Church of England Pensions Board’s Laura Hillis, Director of Climate and Environment, has been elected to the board of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

Responsible investing in the age of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence - The role of the Christian Investor.

Talk by Alan Smith, First Church Estates Commissioner, to the 2024 Church Investors Group Conference on 20 November, 2024.