Speakers at Seminar 'Balance Sheet Management & Asset Management for insurers'

Erik Leseman is sinds maart 2024 Head of Investment Implementation & Oversight, a.s.r. vermogensbeheer. Hij trad in 2005 in dienst bij Aegon, waar hij diverse managementfuncties bekleedde bij Aegon Asset Management en Knab Bank, en werd in 2017 Hoofd Investment Management bij Aegon Nederland. Vóór 2005 was hij werkzaam bij ABN AMRO, DNB en de Centrale Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen (BNA). Leseman heeft een Master in Monetaire Economie van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en is CFA Charterholder sinds 2004.

Jack Julicher is treasurer of NAB on impact investing, interim chair of the financial sector Dutch climate commitment, and supervisory board member of Meijers Assurantiën. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of a.s.r. vermogensbeheer and Chief Investment Officer of a.s.r. Nederland. Julicher has more than 30 years of experience in the financial sector. Before joining a.s.r. vermogensbeheer in 2003, he worked at the Ministry of Finance, the Nationale Investeringsbank and Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringen/ASR Bank. Julicher studied macroeconomics and finance at Tilburg University and the IMF Institute.

Richard Roberts, CFA, is a Vice President and Head of EMEA and Asia Insurance Business Development. Working closely with the Insurance Portfolio Management team and AB’s client advisors, he is responsible for partnering with insurers across the EMEA and Asia regions to develop solutions that meet the unique requirements of this industry. Prior to joining AB in 2022, he was a global insurance investment director for abrdn, where he was responsible for supporting the development of insurance investment solutions for clients across the EMEA and Asia regions. Before this, Roberts spent 13 years with Zurich Insurance in a variety of insurance investment roles, culminating in the role of Head of balance sheet investments for their UK business. He is a chartered accountant and a CFA charterholder.

Thomas Duetoft is the Senior Portfolio Manager for the Senior Loan Strategy. His responsibilities include the selection, due diligence, structuring of investments, and the management of the Senior Loan Strategy. He is a member of the Direct Lending Operating Committee of Pemberton Capital Advisors LLP and a member of the Credit Review Committee. He joined Pemberton in 2014. Before that he was a Managing Director at RBS, where he held a number of roles including Head of European Loan Trading and Head of Credit Trading, Asia ex-Japan. Previously he was a Managing Director at Dresdner Kleinwort, responsible for European Loan Trading from 2001-2006. He began his career in finance in 1998 at Citibank. Duetoft graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a Master of Law.