Swiss Re Capital Management and Advisory name two executives to key positions
27 Jul 2005
Connolly and Hansen to Co-Head Equity and Equity Linked Business
Swiss Re Capital Management and Advisory (CMA) has named Llewellyn Connolly and Matthew Hansen to co-head the Equity and Equity Linked business. Their unit will structure, trade and market innovative risk management and investment solutions to institutional clients as well as participate in a variety of trading strategies. They will report to Phil Lotz, Business Sector CEO.
“Both Llewellyn and Matthew bring to Swiss Re a wealth of experience and expertise in the areas of equity derivatives, structured products and proprietary trading,” said Lotz.
Connolly joins Swiss Re from Lehman Brothers Inc., where he had served as Co-head of US Equity Derivatives since 2003. Prior to that, Connolly was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs International in London where he was Co-head of the Structured Solutions Group, a Fixed Income and Equity joint venture.
He is a 1988 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, with a BA in Applied Physics and Engineering Sciences. He received an MBA from Harvard in 1993.
Hansen joins Swiss Re from Lehman Brothers where he served as Head of Structured Product Sales. Previously, Hansen was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in structured products. He is a 1991 graduate of Stanford University, Stanford, CA, with a BS in Quantitative Economics.
Comprised of Swiss Re Financial Products Corporation and Fox-Pitt, Kelton Incorporated, CMA provides clients with industry leading-expertise in capital and risk management on a worldwide basis, including:
- Sophisticated risk-management techniques, capital management and structured investments through the integration of capital markets and Swiss Re’s insurance capabilities;
- Equity Capital Markets and M&A/Advisory investment banking services focused exclusively on the financial sector;
- Highly ranked financial research which is a source of market leading intelligence and insight.
Notes to editors
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading reinsurers and the world’s largest life and health reinsurer. The company operates through more than 70 offices in over 30 countries. Swiss Re has been in the reinsurance business since its foundation in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863. Swiss Re offers a wide variety of products to manage capital and risk. Traditional reinsurance products, including a broad range of property and casualty as well as life and health covers and related services, are complemented by insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary services for comprehensive risk management. Swiss Re is rated “AA” by Standard & Poor’s, “Aa2” by Moody’s and “A+” by A.M. Best.
