Our leadership team | Insight Investment

Raman Srivastava, CFA

Chief Executive Officer

David Leduc, CFA

Chief Executive Officer, North America

David is Chief Executive Officer of Insight North America and he is responsible for driving Insight’s strategy for North America and leading the U.S. Management Committee. David joined Insight in September 2021 as Deputy CEO, North America following the transition of Mellon Investments’ fixed income strategies to Insight. He started working at Mellon Investments in 1995 as a portfolio manager and analyst for US domestic fixed income, moving from structured finance to global strategies in 1999.

David has held a number of leadership positions, including Chief Investment Officer of Active Fixed Income, Managing Director of Global Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager for global credit strategies. He was also the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer for Standish, responsible for overseeing fixed income investment management activities. In addition, he was a member of the Standish Board of Managers. In March 2022, he moved into his current role as Insight’s CEO, North America.

Prior to joining Mellon Investments, David spent seven years as an Investment Officer at State Street. He has an MBA from Boston University and a BS from the University of Rhode Island. David is a CFA charter holder and is a member of the CFA Institute.

Adrian Grey

Global Chief Investment Officer

Adrian joined Insight in April 2003 as Head of European Fixed Income following the acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management Limited (RAM).

In September 2003, he was appointed Deputy Head of Fixed Income and in 2005 became Head of Fixed Income. Adrian joined the Executive Management Committee in October 2012 and in 2016, he became Chief Investment Officer – Active Management. In September 2018, Adrian took on his current role as Global Chief Investment Officer responsible for the oversight of the firm’s investment management teams.

Before joining Insight, he was a Director in the Fixed Income Team at RAM focusing on European research and global portfolios. Prior to joining RAM in 1994, he spent four years working in bond sales for UBS Phillips & Drew and three years managing international bond portfolios at ARCA, Milan.

He has a BA honours degree in Economics and Politics from Warwick University and an MA in International Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins University in the US.

Andrew Kitchen

Chief Finance Officer

Andrew is Chief Finance Officer for Insight and joined the firm in November 2020. Prior to joining, Andrew worked as Managing Director at UBS, fulfilling a variety of senior finance roles during a 20-year career. This included acting as Chief Financial Officer of the UK & Jersey Wealth Management business, Group EMEA Financial Controller and, most recently, as Global Head of Group Reporting & Analytics.

Andrew is a UK Chartered Accountant, holds an MBA from London Business School, a Masters in Wealth Management from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and a BSC (Hons) degree in Banking & Finance.

Jeffrey Berman, CFA

Head of North America Distribution

Jeffrey leads North America distribution, responsible for the development of Insight’s client growth strategy and delivery of the firm’s comprehensive investment solutions to institutional investors, wealth managers and intermediaries across North America. Jeffrey also serves on the firm’s US Management Committee. Jeffrey joined Insight in 2023. Prior to Insight, Jeffrey spent nearly 17 years at BlackRock in various leadership roles, most recently as Managing Director, Co-Head of BlackRock’s Pensions Business in the US. Prior to this role, Jeffrey was head of the Canada institutional business, responsible for delivering the firm’s comprehensive public and private market investment solutions to investors across Canada. Previously, Jeffrey led illiquid strategy development for BlackRock Alternative Specialists in the US and Canada focused on building and delivering the firm's global alternative investment platform.

Jeffrey also held leadership roles in the Financial Institutions Group, working with insurance companies across North America and served on several firm governance bodies including the US and Canada institutional client business Executive Committee and the Canada Executive Committee. Jeffrey held previous roles at Ahab Capital Management, Inc. and Drake Management, LLC.

Jeffrey holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration, with high distinction, from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a Prince Scholar. Jeffrey is a CFA charterholder and a member of the New York State Bar.

Ciaran Carr, CFA

Head of Client Solutions Group, North America

Ciaran joined Insight in May 2023 as Head of Client Solutions Group (CSG), North America, with responsibility for our Client Relationship Management, Client Service and Solution Design teams.

Prior to Insight, Ciaran was Head of Solutions Strategy for Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) America where he built out a successful business in LDI and fixed income within the US market. Ciaran’s responsibilities included investment strategy across LDI, derivatives overlay, active fixed income, index solutions, responsible investing and private credit, and he played a key role in building relationships with clients and consultants to develop a strong business franchise. Ciaran also held the following positions with LGIM: Senior Solution Strategist, Interim Chief Investment Officer for L&G Re (secondment from LGIM), Portfolio Construction Associate and Insurance Solution Analyst.

He holds an MA degree in Economics and Mathematics from The University of Edinburgh and he is also a CFA charterholder.

Daniel Haff

Chief Compliance Officer, North America

Daniel joined Insight in May 2023, as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), North America and has oversight of the development and maintenance of the compliance program with respect to SEC and other US rules and regulations for Insight in North America. Daniel brings with him 25 years of experience in compliance and risk management roles and has worked within asset management, investment banks and wealth management businesses. Prior to Insight, Daniel was a managing director / CCO at TIAA, Advice & Planning Services, where he was responsible for the risk and compliance programs for three SEC-registered investment advisers and TIAA’s Trust Company, including activities involving monitoring and testing, policies and procedures, and governance.

Prior to TIAA, Daniel held the post of CCO for Blackstone’s multi-manager hedge fund platform (Blackstone Senfina) and Deputy CCO at Golden Tree Asset Management, LP. Additionally, Daniel held a director role at KPMG, a vice president role at Deutsche Bank and an associate director role at Bear Stearns. Daniel holds a BA from the University of Rochester and an MBA from the Simon School of Business – University of Rochester.

Angus Woolhouse

Global Head of Distribution

Angus joined Insight in 2017 as the Global Head of Distribution, overseeing consultant relations, business development, product, and marketing. He leads the firm's distribution strategy, ensuring Insight maintains its leadership position in the UK by shaping the surplus management strategy, integrated solutions, and fiduciary offerings. Angus also oversees Insight's ambitious growth plans in the world's largest wealth markets, driving expansion in Germany, the EU, North America, and Asia, including Australia and Japan.

Before joining Insight, Angus was the Global Head of Distribution at Barings Asset Management, responsible for 11 regional offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. Prior to that, he held senior roles at Invesco as Director of Marketing and Product Development and at Gartmore Investment Management as a partner and Head of Global Institutional Business. Angus began his career in the investment management industry at HSBC Asset Management in Hong Kong and holds a Master’s degree from Aberdeen University.

Serkan Bektas

Head of Client Solutions Group

Serkan joined in 2012 and is Head of the Client Solutions Group (CSG) at Insight. The CSG includes Insight’s Solution Design, Client Relationship Management, Client Service and Investment Specialist teams. The CSG is focussed on the effective design of our solutions and the achievement of our clients’ objectives and interfaces with our clients on all aspects of their Insight experience from investment strategy input to relationship management to day-to-day interactions. In September 2018, Serkan became a member of Insight’s Executive Management Committee.

He joined Insight from DTZ where he was an Executive Committee Member and Global Head of Investment and Asset Management. Prior to this, Serkan spent nine years at Barclays Capital where he co-founded and managed the bank’s risk management solutions business for UK defined benefit pension schemes. He started his career working as a management consultant at the New York office of Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc.

Serkan holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College (USA), as well as a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a BSc in Physics from Bogazici University (Turkey). Serkan also holds his Series 3 license and is an Associated Person with the National Futures Association.

Mark Stancombe

Chief Risk Officer

Mark is Chief Risk Officer for Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited (IIMG) and Insight Investment International Limited (IIIL). In this global role, he oversees Insight’s Operational, Investment, Corporate, Market and Information risk in addition to Insight’s Compliance function.

He joined Insight in October 2007 as Head of Operations managing both the internal and outsourced operations capabilities. In July 2011, he transferred into the Distribution Division to lead the institutional client teams to focus on client service before becoming Head of Product Strategy in January 2014. He additionally took on responsibility for Corporate Strategy in April 2015 and focused exclusively on this from November 2017. Mark joined the Executive Management Committee in May 2016 and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer, North America in September 2018.

Prior to joining Insight, Mark worked at Ernst & Young, in their Advisory Services Group focused on leading projects for UK and European investment managers. Mark began his career at Threadneedle in 1994, where he spent over ten years in different management roles within their Operations division.

He holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Manchester.

Lynne Dalgarno

Head of Human Resources

Lynne joined Insight in October 2015 as Head of Human Resources and a member of the Executive Management Committee. She joined having spent three years at Alliance Trust where, as Director of Human Resources and Corporate Services, she was responsible for HR, people development and change management initiatives.

Prior to this, Lynne was Director of Human Resources and Corporate Services at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in Edinburgh. She has also held senior HR roles at Murray Johnstone and Scottish Amicable Investment Managers.

Lynne holds a BA in Law and Economics and a Degree (Single Hons) in Law, both from the University of Strathclyde.

Andrew Giles

Executive Vice Chairman

Andrew joined Insight in April 2003 following the acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management Limited (RAM) and was named Head of the Financial Solutions Group in September 2003. In November 2009, Andrew joined the Executive Management Committee as Chief Investment Officer – Solutions and was appointed to his current role as Executive Vice Chairman in September 2018.

He has 35 years of investment experience, spanning both the UK and overseas institutional markets. Throughout this time, he has championed the development and use of derivatives and risk management techniques within institutional funds. He is one of the industry’s pioneering architects of liability-driven investment and has been responsible for leading Insight’s capability in this area.

Outside the institutional market, Andrew has been responsible for innovating derivative-based structured products that have become a significant feature of the retail investment market.

Jon Eilbeck

Chief Operating Officer

Jon joined Insight as Chief Operating Officer in October 2019 with overall responsibility for Operations, IT, Business Change and Corporate Strategy.

Before joining Insight, Jon was the Global Chief Operating Officer and sat on the management board of DWS, the publicly listed spin-out of Deutsche Banks’s asset management business. Jon has a wealth of experience within the financial services industry and has a strong background in both Technology and Operations.

Jon began his career at JPMorgan where he spent 17 years in a variety of technology and business roles across the globe including nine years in Asia. He joined Deutsche Bank in London in 2007 as the Global Chief Operating Officer for the Rates and Commodities business and moved to Deutsche’s Asset and Wealth management business in 2012 to become their Global Chief Operating Officer.

Jon holds a BSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Southampton.

Ayah Elmaazi

General Counsel

Ayah Elmaazi is General Counsel for Insight Investment. A member of the company’s Executive Committee, Ayah heads up Insight’s global Legal Department where she manages Insight’s legal risk across all of the company’s legal entities. 

Ayah was appointed to her current position in February 2024. She joined Insight in 2018 as Head of the Corporate and Commercial team and was appointed Head of Legal assuming responsibility for the global legal division in 2022.

Prior to joining Insight, Ayah was a senior lawyer at Coutts, a private bank forming part of NatWest Group’s wealth management division. From 2008-2014 Ayah held a number of roles at the Financial Services Authority (as was) across the General Counsel and Enforcement divisions and then the Bank of England where she helped set up and was Deputy Head of the Enforcement Division.  Ayah was called to the Bar in 2006.

Ayah received a B.A. from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and her Masters from the London School of Economics.