Aviva Investors appoints global head of insurance

Written by Adam Cadle

11/08/2025

Aviva Investors has appointed David Thomas as global head of insurance.

In his role, Thomas will take responsibility for growing and developing Aviva Investors’ global insurance solutions business demonstrating the firm’s understanding of the challenges, opportunities and constraints facing this group of investors and how best to navigate them.

He will also lead Aviva Investors’ relationship with its largest client and parent company, Aviva.

Thomas joins Aviva Investors from Schroders where he was head of UK & Ireland insurance, business development, responsible for building relationships and working with UK insurers to help improve investment outcomes. Prior to joining Schroders, he spent nearly 15 years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in a combination of roles including institutional sales, middle client office, and operations.

Jill Barber, chief distribution officer at Aviva Investors, said: "We are really pleased to welcome David to Aviva Investors. With a rich heritage managing investment assets for both Aviva and our external insurer partners, it is vitally important that we continue to show our understanding of the challenges and constraints this group of investors face. I am confident that David’s expertise and experience positions us well to create a consistent global vision and strategy, and he can play an important role in helping us deliver, most importantly for our insurance clients and also on an ambitious external growth plan."

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