The £4.63bn London Pensions Fund Authority has named three new board members and appointed a new deputy chairman, tapping experts to help fulfill its goals of uniting London’s local government pension schemes and investing more in infrastructure.

The fund has named Sir Merrick Cockell, who recently stepped down as leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, as its new deputy chairman. It has also appointed Insight Investment chief executive Abdallah Nauphal; Dermot McMullan, a trustee of the Bank of America UK Pension Plan; and Kerry Adby, managing director of consultancy Copernican Securities, as new board members.