Matthew Merritt, Head of Multi-Asset Strategy Group

Industry experience: 32 years

Matthew joined Insight in September 2004 and is Head of the Multi-Asset Strategy Group. He joined from Citigroup where as Head of Global Equity Strategy for Smith Barney he ran a top-rated equity strategy unit. Prior to joining Citigroup in 2000 he was Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist at ING Barings which he joined in 1996. This followed four years at NatWest Securities as a global investment strategist. He started his career at the Bank of England in 1989. Matthew holds an MSocSc from the University of Birmingham in Money, Banking and Finance and a BA (Hon) in Economics from Nottingham (Trent) University.

Steve Waddington, Co-Deputy Head, Multi-Asset Strategy

Industry experience: 27 years

Steve joined Insight’s Multi-Asset Strategy Group in January 2008 and is responsible for fund management and investment research. Before joining Insight he spent five years at BT Financial Group, Australia (formerly Rothschild Australia Asset Management), where from 2004 he was Head of External Investments, responsible for fund management and investment research. Steve started his career at Savills Commercial Ltd, where he was responsible for advising institutional and private company clients on property investment and development. Steve holds a BSc honours degree in Valuation and Estate Management from the University of the West of England, Bristol and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK and is a professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Michael Ford, Co-Deputy Head, Multi-Asset Strategy

Industry experience: 20 years

Michael joined Insight in November 2003 and is a portfolio manager within our Multi-Asset Strategy Group. Prior to joining Insight, Michael worked at Deutsche Asset Management as a graduate trainee and also within the Performance Measurement Team. Michael holds a BSc (Hon) in Economics from the University of Nottingham. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK and is a CFA charterholder.

Colin Bennet, Portfolio Manager

Industry experience: 21 years

Colin joined Insight in July 2017 as a portfolio manager within our Multi-Asset Strategy Group. Prior to joining Insight, Colin was a synthetic equity and derivative strategist at Deutsche Bank. He has also worked at Eurex as Head of Equity and Index Product Development, Banco Santander as Head of Quantitative and Derivative Strategy, Barclays Capital as Head of Delta 1 Research and at Dresdner Kleinwort as Head of Convertible and Derivative Research. Colin started his career in convertible bond research at Merrill Lynch. He studied Mathematics and Electrical Engineering at Cambridge University and is also the author of a highly regarded derivative text book, ‘Trading Volatility’.

Jonathan Crone, Portfolio Manager

Industry experience: 7 years

Jonathan joined Insight in September 2015 and is a portfolio manager within the Multi-Asset Strategy Group, having joined the team initially as an analyst. Prior to Insight, he spent a year at Marathon Asset Management working in the Performance and Attribution Team. Jonathan graduated from Queen’s University, Belfast with a BSc (Hons) in Actuarial Science and Risk Management. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK and is also a CFA charterholder.

David Hillier, Portfolio Manager

Industry experience: 29 years

David joined Insight in 2015 as a portfolio manager within our Multi-Asset Strategy Group. Prior to joining Insight, David spent six years at Aviva Investors as a senior Economist. He has also held senior economist roles at Barclays Capital and NatWest Markets, which he joined in 1993. David holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Kingston. He also holds an MSc in Economics from Queen Mary, University of London.

Abhijit Korde, Portfolio Manager

Industry experience: 9 years

Abhijit joined Insight in February 2018 as a portfolio manager within our Multi-Asset Strategy Group. Prior to joining Insight, Abhijit was a portfolio manager for fixed income ETFs at Deutsche Asset Management, working on multi-currency credit and sovereign ETFs. Before that, he spent almost two years at Vanguard Asset Management as a portfolio manager for fixed income index funds and ETFs. Abhijit started his career in 2012 at Vanguard in London as an investment risk manager. Abhijit has an MBA from the University of Oxford and has graduated in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, India. Before starting his MBA, Abhijit worked as a business analyst for National Stock Exchange, India and Edelweiss Financial Services, India.

Gauthier Mavinga, Portfolio Manager

Industry experience: 8 years

Gauthier joined Insight’s Multi-Asset Strategy Group in July 2017 as a portfolio manager. He initially joined Insight in March 2014 as a quantitative strategist within the Specialist Investment Team, where he was responsible for front office risk oversight on absolute return strategies, including the analysis and implementation of a range of risk and performance metrics. Gauthier holds a BSc in Information Systems and Financial Markets and an MSc in Information Systems applied to Business Management, both from Paris Dauphine University, Paris.

Jenny Pham, Portfolio Manager

Industry experience: 11 years

Jenny is a Portfolio Manager within our Multi-Asset Strategy Group. She initially joined Insight’s Performance Team in 2014, where she managed a team responsible for the daily calculation of P&L and risk metrics for the Absolute Insight and multi-asset funds, produced monthly performance and attribution reports and implemented new features and automated P&L/risk calculations. Latterly, she was a Product Owner with oversight of various performance systems for multi-asset, LDI and fixed income portfolios and produced product roadmaps. Prior to Insight, Jenny spent over three years at State Street Global Advisors as an Equity Derivatives Portfolio Analyst Team Supervisor.

Jenny holds a BSc in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics, Economics (MORSE) and an MSc in Management Science and Operational Research, both from the University of Warwick. She also holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) from the CFA Society of the UK, the Investment Operations Certificate (IOC) from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and is a CFA charterholder.

Shantanu Tandon, Portfolio Manager

Industry experience: 23 years

Shantanu joined Insight’s Multi-Asset Strategy Group in October 2010, focusing on fund management and investment research. Before joining Insight, Shantanu spent over four years at Architas Multi-Manager where he held fund management and research responsibilities across Axa Life entities, including Winterthur Life. He has also held positions at Mercer Investment Consulting, PwC and Investec Australia Ltd. Shantanu started his career in Australia at Retireinvest (formerly part of ING Group) in November 1998. Shantanu holds a BA (Hon) degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and an MBA from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Marcus Williamson, Portfolio Manager

Industry experience: 4 years

Marcus joined Insight’s Multi-Asset Strategy Group in 2018 as an analyst. He initially joined Insight in 2017 on the graduate rotation programme. Marcus holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Bath. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK and has passed level I of the CFA programme.

Joe Sullivan-Bissett, Investment Specialist

Industry experience: 7 years

Joe is an Investment Specialist within Insight’s Client Solutions Group, focussing on Insight’s fixed income, multi-asset and specialist equities capabilities. He initially joined Insight in June 2014 as a Client Service Specialist, working directly alongside our client directors in the day-to-day servicing of a range of our institutional clients. Joe graduated with a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from Warwick University. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK and is a CFA charterholder.

Andy Burgess, Fixed Income Investment Specialist

Industry experience: 24 years

Andy joined Insight in August 2014 as a fixed income investment specialist. Andy joined Insight from GE Asset Management (GEAM) where he was a portfolio manager responsible for managing the Euro Fixed Income Fund. Prior to this, he held various portfolio manager roles at GEAM’s predecessor companies. He started his investment management career in 1997 at National Mutual Life as an assistant portfolio manager, with a focus on Far East equities. Andy graduated from the University of Bristol with a BSc in Economics and Economic History and is an Associate of the CFA Society of the UK.