Ann Robinson, the former director general of the National Association of Pension Funds who championed the UK's £800bn-plus institutional pensions industry for five years, has joined the largest local government pension scheme in London.

Robinson, who headed the NAPF from 1995 to 2000, has added to her growing list of non-executive directorships by joining the board of the London Pensions Fund Authority. The LPFA runs assets of over £3bn (€4.89bn) and represents more than 67,000 members.