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Muammer Cakir
Head of Portfolio Optimisation & Asset Management
MoneyCorp
Debashish Dey
Actuary
Deloitte
Moderator
Andrew Putwain
Editor & Community Manager
Clear Path Analysis
Andrew Putwain is the Managing Editor of Clear Path Analysis’s two market website Insurance-Investor.com and FundOperator.com. He joined the company in early 2022, and prior to that was an oil market journalist for I.C.I.S, part of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions Group, focusing on the Middle Eastern/North Africa and CIS regions. Other previous roles include Editor at Reactions, part of Euromoney, and on the editorial team at Axco Insurance Information Services. He has also had positions at NS Media, HennikGroup, The Institute of Civil Engineers Publishing and ESG Investor
Xavier Solano
Manager, Prudential Regulation
Association of British Insurers
Xavier joined the ABI in 2020 to manage an award-winning team* of technical experts leading on key prudential regulatory topics including Solvency UK, stress testing, resolution regime and operational resilience. Working closely with the insurance and long-term savings industry and representing their interests before regulators - Bank of England/PRA, HM Treasury, MPs and other key external stakeholders. Member of TheCityUK Tech&Innovation Group and DLT/blockchain working group.
He joined ABI in 2020 from London Stock Exchange Group. Prior to that he worked at the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments, the Scottish Government and in diplomacy. Xavier began his career as a consultant in Barcelona. Shortly after he moved to Edinburgh to become an adviser to the then Leader of the Opposition in the Scottish Parliament.
He studied Political Science and International Business which allowed him to develop a career in diplomacy.
* UK & Europe InsuranceERM Risk Team of the year 2023 and Risk and Resilience British Insurance Award 2023.
Julien Masselot
Head of Capital and Risk
Barnett Waddingham
Julien supports a range of general insurance clients in a variety of areas, including capital modelling, internal model validation, risk management, model use, Solvency II and process transformation projects.
With over 15 years in the insurance industry, Julien has managed multiple major model change applications and supported numerous cycles of validations, engaging with regulators and senior management to promote and embed the use of an Internal Capital Model (ICM) for risk management and decision making.
Julien graduated from Aston University with a MSc by Research in Neural Networks and Pattern Analysis and holds a MSc in Computer Science and Financial Engineering from ENSIIE (France).
Prior to joining Barnett Waddingham, Julien was Head of Capital at a large multinational firm for over ten years — one of the first UK General Insurance companies to get approval from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Lloyd's for their internal capital model.
Outside of the work Julien enjoys spending time with his family, travelling, coaching his local junior rugby team and any kind of sporting activities.
Bob Tyley
Head of Credit Risk
Hymans Robertson
Bob Tyley is Head of Credit Risk in Hymans Robertson’s UK Insurance & Financial Services practice. He is an investment industry veteran with deep experience of global credit and interest rate markets. Having worked in the leading investment banks, insurance companies and consultancies, he has wide experience of implementing ESG, ALM, SAA, and IMV activities along with risk and capital modelling and optimisation for insurance companies.
An area of particular focus currently is the impact of Solvency II UK Reform and its implications and challenges in enabling insurers to invest in a wider range of long-term productive assets.
Bob is a Technical Specialist of the Institute of Risk Management and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, as well as being a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Moderator
Andrew Putwain
Editor & Community Manager
Clear Path Analysis
Andrew Putwain is the Managing Editor of Clear Path Analysis’s two market website Insurance-Investor.com and FundOperator.com. He joined the company in early 2022, and prior to that was an oil market journalist for I.C.I.S, part of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions Group, focusing on the Middle Eastern/North Africa and CIS regions. Other previous roles include Editor at Reactions, part of Euromoney, and on the editorial team at Axco Insurance Information Services. He has also had positions at NS Media, HennikGroup, The Institute of Civil Engineers Publishing and ESG Investor
Timo Dreger
Chief Operating Officer
Dr Walter Insurance
Ankit Baweja
Manager
Deloitte
Moderator
Andrew Putwain
Editor & Community Manager
Clear Path Analysis
Andrew Putwain is the Managing Editor of Clear Path Analysis’s two market website Insurance-Investor.com and FundOperator.com. He joined the company in early 2022, and prior to that was an oil market journalist for I.C.I.S, part of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions Group, focusing on the Middle Eastern/North Africa and CIS regions. Other previous roles include Editor at Reactions, part of Euromoney, and on the editorial team at Axco Insurance Information Services. He has also had positions at NS Media, HennikGroup, The Institute of Civil Engineers Publishing and ESG Investor
Jonida Vesiu
Senior Manager
Deloitte
Jonida is a Senior Manager in the Investment Management & Private Equity practice of Deloitte UK, based in Jersey.
She has over 19 years’ experience in financial services focusing on audit and assurance services to private equity and debt funds, and banks.
Jonida is one of Deloitte’s Private Equity specialists, playing a central role in the practice resources on venture capital and growth equity funds, where she leads the sector group identifying the latest trends and developments in the market.
Andrew Bailey
Director of Financial Risk
Just Group Plc
Andrew is Director of Financial Risk at Just Group in the UK. He is responsible for the oversight of the Group’s management of market, liquidity, credit, insurance and strategic risks.
Andrew has been with Just Group for 4 years joining after 9 years at the Prudential Regulation Authority where he supported supervisors in assessing insurers management of financial and commercial risks. Prior to this Andrew held a series of management roles in Zurich Insurance Group across life and non-life. At the PRA Andrew delivered liquidity risk assessments of firms. He supported the liquidity risk review for the Nov 2018 Financial Stability Report which identified risks to pension schemes which crystallised in Sept 2022.
Andrew has an MBA from London Business School where he focused on finance and strategy. He has also helped build nuclear submarines and is a born again biker.
Violetta Bernyk
Head of Investments, Treasury, & ALM
Assura Group
Head of Investments, Treasury & ALM, Assura Group After PhD in financial mathematics from EPFL (Lausanne) and postdoctoral tenure at Cambridge Univesity, Violetta joins UBS to continue her career in the industry. Prior to joining Assura she also held managerial positions at Swiss Life and Zurich Insurances, deepening the insights on both passives and actives. In Assura, she oversees the portfolios for base and complementary insurances, as well as pension fund of the group.
David Epstein
Group ALM & Treasury Director
Aviva
David Epstein is Group ALM & Treasury Director at Aviva where he has responsibility for the Group’s Treasury function and the asset-liability management team which provides strategic asset allocation and hedging services across the business and for the Group Centre legal entities. Before joining Aviva, David worked in investment banking, most recently at J.P. Morgan where he spent seven years providing strategic risk management and asset-liability management advice for corporates and financial institutions. David holds a DPhil in applied mathematics from Oxford University and has been a visiting research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Muhammad-Waqar Mustaqeem
Associate Director, Liability Management
Kevin Samborn
Chief Operating and Technology Officer
Rosia PPC
Brian Birch
Insurance Finance Consultant
Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow, Institute of Economic Affairs, and Member, Shadow Monetary Policy Committee, Institute of Economic Affairs
Julian Jessop
Economics Fellow, Institute of Economic Affairs, and Member, Shadow Monetary Policy Committee
Institute of Economic Affairs
Julian is an independent economist with over thirty years of professional experience gained in the public sector, the City and consultancy, including senior positions at HM Treasury, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank. He appears regularly in the media and is well known around both Whitehall and Westminster.
Most recently, Julian was Chief Economist at the Institute of Economic Affairs, the educational charity and free-market think tank. He left that role in December 2018, but continues to support the work of the IEA, especially schools and university outreach, on a ‘pro bono’ basis.
Previously, Julian was Chief Global Economist at the leading independent consultancy, Capital Economics. He regularly presented to clients across North America, Europe and Asia. Julian was also a leading member of the Capital Economics team, headed by Roger Bootle, which won the Wolfson Economics Prize in 2012 (for the best plan to break up the euro).
In 2018, representing Cambridge University, Julian won the annual ‘Clash of the Titans’ forecasting competition for professional economists, beating Dr Andrew Sentance (LSE) and Professor Patrick Minford (Cardiff University).
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Moderator
Guillermo Donadini
former Chief Investment Officer
AIG
Guillermo Donadini, a seasoned global insurance investment professional with over 30 years of experience, serves as the Global CIO for General Insurance at AIG. In this role, he manages AIG's extensive $100 billion global portfolio, spanning 50 countries, guiding strategic asset allocation and investment outcomes.
His dynamic career encompasses senior leadership roles in international investment across Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, offering a global perspective on the insurance and investment sectors.
Guillermo is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), actively supporting Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and upholding ethical standards. He invests in talent management, coaching, and mentoring, promoting high-potential colleagues within the industry.
Outside his professional life, Guillermo's commitment to social responsibility is evident in his role as a Trustee and chair of the Investment Committee at Independent Age, supporting elderly individuals. He also mentors for Career Ready, a national social mobility charity, empowering young people to achieve their career aspirations. His dual dedication to professional excellence and community engagement shapes his leadership approach and positive impact on both the financial industry and society.
Ashish Dafria
Chief Investment Officer
Aviva UK Life
Ashish is the Chief Investment Officer for Aviva, managing c£300bn of assets. As CIO, he is responsible for defining the investment strategy, delivering Aviva’s sustainable investments ambitions, developing investment solutions, and ultimately for delivering the investment outcomes for Aviva’s shareholder and customer investments. Previously, Ashish led the formation of Aviva Investors’ first Global Research team and before that was Head of Credit Research for Aviva Investors North America. Prior to joining Aviva, Ashish was a Director with UBS Investment Bank in New York and Chicago, and previously was a Senior Ratings Analyst with the Indian rating agency, Crisil. Ashish is a CFA charterholder and earned his MBA as a valedictorian from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Indore, India.
Michela Bariletti
Chief Credit Officer
The Phoenix Group
Michela joined Phoenix Asset Management as Chief Credit Officer in May 2021. In this role, Michela is leading the Credit Research and Ratings team for all asset strategies pursued by Phoenix Group, which have capabilities to assign internal ratings to private credit and illiquid assets in an approach consistent with industry peers and adhere to regulatory requirements. Michela joined Phoenix from Pension Insurance Corporation where she served as Head of Ratings and Credit Research. Prior to that, Michela spent 14 years at S&P Global Ratings, London, most recently as Senior Director, Infrastructure Ratings – EMEA Analytical Head, managing a team of 20 analysts and a portfolio of over 150 issuers in the infrastructure sector. The portfolio included corporate and project finance transactions covering social infrastructure, road, transport and renewables. Michela started her career at Goldman Sachs within the Equities Division. She holds a DEA en Analyse et Politique Economique (Master in Economics) from EHESS, Paris and a Specialization in Finance as a Ph.D. candidate from HEC, Paris.
Kedi Huang
UK Chief Investment Officer
Aspen Insurance Group
Kedi is currently a UK Chief Investment Officer at Aspen, responsible for UK investment strategy and group investment initiatives.
Prior to this, he was a Vice President in Insurance Solutions at Nomura, covering origination, structuring, and execution of Cross-Asset Investment Solutions, Derivatives, Financing, and reinsurance transactions for the insurance sector. Previously, He was a Portfolio Solutions Manager at LGIM responsible for structuring bespoke outcome-oriented investment solutions and strategies across asset classes for insurers and pension funds. During his early career, he also worked as an Investment Specialist at Aon and Executive in Corporate Deal Advisory at KPMG.
Kedi graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master’s degree. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, Chair of the Cash flow Driven Investment Working Party at IFoA, and a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Laura Vaughan
Head of Direct Lending and Member of Private Debt Investment Committee
Federated Hermes Limited
Laura joined Federated Hermes in November 2015 when the private credit platform was being established. Laura is the portfolio manager of the third vintage of Federated Hermes’ European Direct Lending franchise, as well as Junior Portfolio Manager of the second vintage. Laura is also responsible for managing the team of direct lending analysts. Laura sits on the Private Debt Investment Committee which considers investments across all direct lending strategies at Federated Hermes Limited. Laura joined from GE Capital, where she was an associate in its mid-market leveraged finance execution team. At GE, Laura focused on arranging financings for European private equity-backed acquisitions funded through senior, second lien, mezzanine and unitranche facilities. Prior to this, Laura worked for three years at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in its acquisition finance team in London, focusing on opportunities in European large-cap leveraged finance transactions and on portfolio management. Her previous role was at Allied Irish Bank in Dublin in its Corporate Banking North America division, in which she analysed US large-cap and middle-market leveraged finance transactions, and performed portfolio management functions. She has an Economics degree from University College Dublin and is a CFA charterholder.
Shaun McWilliam
Business development manager, institutional sales (insurance clients)
Aegon Asset Management
Shaun McWilliam, business development manager, is a member of the UK institutional sales team and is responsible for developing relationships with institutional clients within the Insurance sector. Prior to his current role, Shaun worked for AXA IM where he was a head of sales for UK & Nordic clients. Prior to AXA IM was at abrdn for nine years as a real asset’s specialist. Shaun has been in the industry since 2000 and started with the firm in 2013.
George Nijborg
Head of EU private placements & insured strategies
Aegon Asset Management
George Nijborg is head of EU private placements & insured strategies. In this role, he leads the team responsible for acquisition and growth financing of government guaranteed, insured credit and corporate private placements. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for Goldman Sachs as an executive director in the debt capital markets (DCM) team in London, focusing on the origination and syndication of public, private and structured debt transactions. Before that, he worked as a director in the DCM team of Citigroup, and as an associate in the DCM team of Morgan Stanley in London. George has been in the industry since 2006 and joined the firm in 2020. He holds a Master’s degree in industrial relations from Warwick Business School.
Moritz Zander
Head of Investments
New Reinsurance Company
Moritz Zander, CFA is Head of Investments at New Reinsurance Company Ltd. Former experience includes Head of Origination, Capital Partners at New Re, VP, Capital Solutions EMEA and Senior Credit Underwriter at Swiss Re, and Economist at MIGA, World Bank Group. He holds a Masters degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University and a licence degree (Bachelor of Arts) from the University of Geneva.
Moderator
James Lewis
UK Chief Investment Officer
Mercer
David Roseburgh
Head of ALM
Pension Insurance Corporation
Adam Ruddle
Chief Investment Officer
LV=
Adam Ruddle is the Chief Investment Officer at LV=. He has responsibility for the investment management, allocation and optimisation of over £14bn of assets under management. His remit includes designing and setting investment strategies, managing group liquidity, the oversight of external asset managers and the structuring of physical and synthetic investment solutions for the company. Adam has been with LV= for nearly 15 years working in a wide range of roles including Asset Liability Management, Financial Reporting and Valuation, Capital Management and With-Profits oversight. He is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and holds the Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary designation.
Corrado Pistarino
Chief Investment Officer
Foresters Friendly Society
Corrado Pistarino has more than 25 years' experience in capital market. He is Chief Investment Officer at Foresters Friendly Society.
Previously to his current positions, he was Head of Insurance LDI at Aviva Investors, responsible for over £10bn of insurance funds and £30bn of derivatives exposure.
His previous employers include Deutsche Bank, Dresden Kleinwort and ABN AMRO Bank. He worked in structuring/trading and client coverage, with a focus on ALM and capital management solutions.
Corrado has a degree in Physics from Turin University and a Master in Finance from London Business School.
Moderator
Andrew Putwain
Editor & Community Manager
Clear Path Analysis
Andrew Putwain is the Managing Editor of Clear Path Analysis’s two market website Insurance-Investor.com and FundOperator.com. He joined the company in early 2022, and prior to that was an oil market journalist for I.C.I.S, part of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions Group, focusing on the Middle Eastern/North Africa and CIS regions. Other previous roles include Editor at Reactions, part of Euromoney, and on the editorial team at Axco Insurance Information Services. He has also had positions at NS Media, HennikGroup, The Institute of Civil Engineers Publishing and ESG Investor
Mike Chappell
Co-Head of Private Markets
Phoenix Group
Mike Chappell joined the Phoenix Group in 2018 to head the Illiquid Asset origination and portfolio management team within our Asset Management Business, and is also currently undertaking the CIO role for Phoenix RE in Bermuda
He was previously Managing Director & Global Industry Head for the Infrastructure & Energy sector at Lloyds Banking Group with overall responsibility for global business origination.
Prior to this, he headed Lloyds Bank Project Finance team where he led the team executing global Project Finance and Infrastructure debt opportunities.
He holds a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Laura Parrott
Head of Private Fixed Income
Nuveen
Laura Parrott is a senior managing director and Head of Private Fixed Income at Nuveen where she leads Private Placements and oversees Nuveen Green Capital and the Energy Infrastructure Credit investment team.
As Head of Private Fixed Income, Laura is responsible for the growth and commercialization of the Private Placements platform, which has grown to over $60 billion in AUM, and includes corporate credit, infrastructure debt, credit tenant loans, and private ABS. Laura oversees Nuveen Green Capital which was acquired in 2021 and is the leading provider of C-PACE financing in the nation. She also oversees the Energy Infrastructure Credit investment team that was launched in 2022 to further assist companies' efforts to reduce carbon emissions, advance the electrification of industry, and ensure energy supply and reliability. She joined the company in 2005 in the private placement originations and portfolio management group. Prior to joining Nuveen, Laura worked at JPMorgan in various market-related roles in Equities and Corporate Strategy.
Laura graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and an M.B.A. from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Moderator
Andrew Putwain
Editor & Community Manager
Clear Path Analysis
Andrew Putwain is the Managing Editor of Clear Path Analysis’s two market website Insurance-Investor.com and FundOperator.com. He joined the company in early 2022, and prior to that was an oil market journalist for I.C.I.S, part of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions Group, focusing on the Middle Eastern/North Africa and CIS regions. Other previous roles include Editor at Reactions, part of Euromoney, and on the editorial team at Axco Insurance Information Services. He has also had positions at NS Media, HennikGroup, The Institute of Civil Engineers Publishing and ESG Investor
Grigory Spivak
Asset Strategy & ALM, Global Funded Solutions
Pacific Life Re
Grigory Spivak joined Pacific Life Re four years ago as a head of Investment Strategy & ALM within the newly formed Global Funded Solutions division. This involves a broad range of responsibilities, including ALM, setting investment strategy for pricing new business and overseeing the execution of the transactions.
Prior to this, he headed Investment Risk function in the Legal & General Retirement responsible for 2nd line oversight of assets backing L&G annuity business. Before that, Grigory was with BlackRock managing their life insurance funds range – the flagship vehicle for BlackRock’s passive funds offering for the UK pensions clients.
Grigory has a Masters in Applied Mathematics and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.
Daryl Boxall
Head of Market Risk
Legal & General
Daryl is Head of Market & Liquidity Risk at Legal & General for the Retirement Institutional business. He looks after all elements of market risk which includes interest rates, inflation, FX and property risk.
We explore how Daryl entered the actuarial profession, how he transitioned from his first role in pensions to investment consulting, specialising in investment strategy and LDI, moving to the insurance company AXA in both the UK and the US, and ultimately joining L&G back in the UK. Daryl shares his views on the importance of gaining diverse experience and being open to variety, and how the role of an actuary might evolve in the future with the aid of data science and machine learning.
Moiz Khan
Head of Insurance & Pension Solutions
Aviva Investors
Moiz is responsible for both internal Aviva and third-party insurance and pensions solutions at Aviva Investors. Moiz works with insurance and reinsurance companies and pension funds globally, to develop bespoke single and multi-class investment and hedging strategies using assets across derivatives, public and private markets. This includes multi-asset solutions, liability driven investments, as well as risk and capital optimised solutions.
Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Moiz worked in a variety of senior roles across asset management, investment consulting and insurance businesses. Moiz is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, holds the CFA charter, the FRM charter and the CERA certification, and has completed the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants program.
Hanna-Li Allison
Senior Manager, Markets and Oversight
Lloyd's
Hanna-Li is responsible for investment risk oversight and market engagement at Lloyd’s, where she has been a lead in the design and implementation of the Lloyd’s investment platform, strategic asset allocation for member assets and investment risk oversight principles.
Prior to joining Lloyd’s, Hanna-Li worked in investment management as an equity analyst and in private wealth management.
Hanna-Li has a BSc (Hons) from the University of Bath and a Graduate Diploma in Law.
Hikmet Sevdican
Director
Achmea Mortgages
Hikmet Sevdican (1972) has been working at Achmea Mortgages since October 2023 as a Managing Director. Before joining Achmea, Sevdican was Managing Director at Rabo Fund Management and played a key role in founding Vista Hypotheken in 2018. Previously, Sevdican was Managing Partner at Dynamic Credit Partners Europe, a board member of the professional association of investment professionals VBA, and held various fund management roles at APG and Robeco.
David McNeil
Vice President, Global Climate Research & Strategy
PGIM
Adrian Chapman
Head of Group Climate Investment Oversight
Legal & General
Alastair Whitfield
Investment and Treasury Management
IQUW
Anand Rajagopal
Shareholder Assets & Private Markets Sustainability Lead
Phoenix Group
Anand Rajagopal is the Shareholder Assets & Private Markets Sustainability Lead at the Phoenix Group’s Asset Management division. Anand leads all Sustainability/ESG efforts for Private Markets investments (infrastructure debt, private placements, commercial real estate, ABS/development finance etc.) executed through the firm’s asset manager partners as well as those originated directly. Before Phoenix Group, Anand served as the Head of Public Annuity Asset Origination at Aviva where he led portfolio construction and investment strategy for public assets including the development of the business’s ESG and Franchise risk framework and its integration in the investment process, new asset class launches (EMD, U.S. corp credit/muni) and related asset manager research and oversight. Prior to foraying into insurance asset management, Anand had worked for ~10 years in public- and private-credit investment and portfolio management/monitoring mandates at BlackRock (London) and Goldman Sachs (New York) covering asset classes such as Sovereigns/SSAs, RMBS, CMBS, Auto/Whole Loan ABS, EMD, Corporate Bonds, Energy/Infra-Project Finance, CRE loans and Shipping/Aviation debt.
Ezio Fantuzzi
Head of Sustainability
Generali
I serve as Head of Sustainability and Human Rights Officer for Generali Deutschland AG, one of the largest insurers and asset managers in Germany. Prior to this, I was Head of Communications for the Generali Group´s unit dedicated to art collectors, ghostwriter and communications advisor to the Generali Group CEO and Chairman, and Head of External Communications for Generali Investments and Generali Real Estate.
I graduated in Management from Bocconi University in Milan and earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business from Cambridge University
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Andrew Putwain
Editor & Community Manager
Clear Path Analysis
Andrew Putwain is the Managing Editor of Clear Path Analysis’s two market website Insurance-Investor.com and FundOperator.com. He joined the company in early 2022, and prior to that was an oil market journalist for I.C.I.S, part of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions Group, focusing on the Middle Eastern/North Africa and CIS regions. Other previous roles include Editor at Reactions, part of Euromoney, and on the editorial team at Axco Insurance Information Services. He has also had positions at NS Media, HennikGroup, The Institute of Civil Engineers Publishing and ESG Investor
Moritz Zander
Head of Investments
New Reinsurance Company
Moritz Zander, CFA is Head of Investments at New Reinsurance Company Ltd. Former experience includes Head of Origination, Capital Partners at New Re, VP, Capital Solutions EMEA and Senior Credit Underwriter at Swiss Re, and Economist at MIGA, World Bank Group. He holds a Masters degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University and a licence degree (Bachelor of Arts) from the University of Geneva.
Colin Tipping
Chief Investment Officer
Compre Group
Colin joined Compre Group in 2023 as Group CIO. He focuses on supporting the business through designing and implementing capital efficient investment strategies whilst providing strategic advice to management and stakeholders on regulatory, business and operational challenges as they relate to investments.
With 40 years experience in asset management for the P&C and Life markets Colin has held senior positions with Mercer, Schroders and Friends Life as well as leading insurance at BlackRock and Fidelity.
A keen cyclist, Colin is also a Trustee of ADMST and an ambassador for GAIN.
Jack Bishop
Portfolio Manager, General Account
Principal
Prasun Mathur
Head of Private Assets
Aviva
Prasun joined Aviva in October 2016 where he is responsible for investing in private assets and delivering associated P&L for Aviva UK. Currently, he focuses on investing optimally across a variety of fixed income asset classes. This involves market entry analysis into new asset classes, commercial and credit underwriting of individual private credit trades, and asset allocation insights by identifying key risk drivers. He has led teams in large insurance companies to run investment and ALM strategies.
Prior to joining Aviva, he headed up ALM strategy for Phoenix, and supported several M&A transactions. Prasun has over 12 years of experience in insurance ALM, investment strategy and new product development.
Prior to joining Phoenix, Prasun worked for Standard Life and HSBC. Prasun holds a 5 year Masters in Math and Computing from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and an M.B.A. from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Prasun is a regular in various insurance/buy-side conferences to talk about investments/ALM strategies/Risk analytics (viz. Buy-side Risk.net, RiskMinds, Insurance Asset Management, Insurance Asset Risk). He guides some conference agendas, and judges 2 key Insurance asset management awards.
Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank
Jorge Familiar
Vice President and Treasurer
World Bank
Jorge Familiar, a Mexican national, is Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank. He also serves as the Pension Finance Administrator of the World Bank Group. He assumed these roles on January 1, 2022. Before joining the World Bank Treasury, Mr. Familiar served in multiple roles in the World Bank Group as a member of the Board of Executive Directors; Vice President for the Latin America and Caribbean Region; WBG Corporate Secretary; and Vice President for Finance and WBG Controller. Earlier in his career, he was CEO of Mexico’s Instituto Fonacot, a government-owned institution focused on financial inclusion, and Vice-Chair of Securities and Derivatives Markets Supervision at the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, a government agency in Mexico.
Starting January 2022, Mr. Familiar is a Trustee at the IFRS Foundation, a public interest organization established to develop a single set of high-quality, understandable, enforceable, and globally accepted accounting and sustainability disclosure standards.
