David Thompson
David Thompson
Chief Investment Officer: UK.
He is responsible for the ZAL Balance sheet of £3.3bn and the UK Life discretionary managed unit linked policyholder investments totaling £20bn. David started his career as a fixed income trader at Lehman Brothers, and then moved into sales and sales management. David then moved to asset management focusing on insurance companies, before joining Zurich in 2019.
David has taken part in key discussion at #RAOEurope22 and RAOEurope23 as well as RAOtheAmericas22 with insights that have been really valuable. He has 35 years experience in financial markets.
Outside work my interests are broad and varied - they include theatre (both acting and watching), sport (cricket, golf, rugby), family - not necessarily in that order.
