Meet the Investment Specialists

Ciaran is Head of LIO, and responsible for the management of the assets of Prudential UK. which includes the asset allocation, manager selection and the mandate design for over £150bn of internal client assets.

Leads the team responsible for the quantitative frameworks, models, analytics and research that support long-term investment decision making across LIO. This includes the development and maintenance of M&G's in-house stochastic economic scenario generator "GeneSIS".

Leads the team responsible for manager selection and assessing the ongoing suitability of the managers. They ensure that mandates are designed to capture the skill sets of underlying managers and are positioned in a way to achieve the outcomes for the multi-asset funds which the LIO have responsibility for.

Leads the team responsible for designing the high level ESG investment strategy for the Prudential Assurance Company (PAC). This includes ESG investment principles, investment research and thought leadership. These high-level strategies and positions on specific ESG issues are implemented at the mandate and portfolio level by the appointed investment managers, ensuring ESG and sustainability considerations are taken into account across the spectrum of investment activities.

Leads the team responsible for the day to day portfolio management across our range of funds, ensuring the funds remain well aligned to their long term targets and that they allocate to the desired managers in the correct proportions, rebalancing where cash flows and market moves take us off course.