Managing Director, Head of Institutional Solutions

Sean Kurian, FSA, CAIA, FIA, FRM, is a Managing Director and Head of Institutional Solutions at Conning, responsible for the creation of investment solutions for pension plans, as well as all aspects of the firm’s derivatives portfolio management and trading. Prior to joining Conning in 2016, Mr. Kurian was Lead Structuring Specialist & Derivatives Portfolio Manager for the LDI Solutions Group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and previously led Towers Watson’s Structured Solutions group. Mr. Kurian serves on FTSE bond index committees (responsible for the FTSE bond index range) on both sides of the Atlantic and has been a frequent media commentator on financial risk management and pensions investment. Mr. Kurian earned a master’s degree in financial mathematics from the University of Oxford.