Neuberger Berman Insurance Solutions

Gilles Drukier, Managing Director, joined the firm in August 2020 as Head of EMEA Insurance Solutions. Gilles leads our efforts to deepen client relationships across the EMEA insurance client segment. Before joining, Gilles spent 12 years at J.P. Morgan. Since 2015, he was Head of EMEA Fixed Income Solutions at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. In that capacity, Gilles focused on the development and execution of customized Fixed Income investment solutions for Insurance Companies and Pension Funds constrained by Liabilities, Regulatory Capital, ESG and Accounting considerations. Before that Gilles worked in a variety of Investment Banking roles advising insurers and financial institutions on ALM and Capital Optimisation at J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. Gilles holds a Master’s degree in Finance from ESSEC (France) and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Oliver Little, CAIA, Senior Vice President, joined Neuberger Berman in July 2021 as Head of UK Insurance Solutions. He is responsible for delivering the firm’s investment capabilities across public and private markets, as well as insurance analytics and reporting, to UK insurance clients and prospects. Before joining, Olie spent more than five years at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, where he was a Client Advisor on the UK Insurance Solutions sales team, again covering UK insurance clients. Prior to J.P. Morgan, he spent eight years as an Infantry Officer in the British Army, which included two operational deployments to Afghanistan. Olie has a BA in Economics & Geography from the University of Exeter and is a Chartered Alternatives Investment Analyst charterholder.

Tully Cheng, CFA, FSA, Senior Vice President and Head of EMEA Institutional Solutions, joined Neuberger Berman in 2017. With a focus on asset allocation, risk management and thought leadership, Tully is responsible for developing analytical tools, producing white papers and client engagement. Prior to joining the firm, Tully worked as a director in PGIM’s Institutional Advisory & Solutions Group, where he worked in a similar function with pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and non-U.S. banks. Prior to that, he worked in Prudential’s Retirement Group, Individual Life Group and Group Insurance Group, focusing on credit analysis, product pricing and cash flow testing. Tully graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University with BAs in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics. Tully is a board member of Schola Cantorum on Hudson, a non-profit choral organization focused on musical education and performance.

Cyril Bosse-Platiere, FIA, Vice President, joined the firm in 2019 in the EMEA Insurance Analytics team where he develops quantitative tools and solutions for insurance clients. Prior to joining the firm, Cyril worked at PwC, Moody’s Analytics and RMS focusing on insurance liability and asset-liability modelling problematics. Cyril holds an MSc in applied mathematics from Ecole Centrale Paris and an MSc in Actuarial Sciences from Université Paris Dauphine. He is also a qualified member of both the UK (IFoA) and French (IA) Institutes of Actuaries.

Flora Xu, CFA, Associate, joined the firm in 2019. She works with the Insurance Analytics team, focusing on infrastructure development of analytical tools and peer analysis projects. Flora worked for the team as a summer intern in 2018, developing a copula model and a factor model applied to asset allocation. Flora holds an MA in Financial Mathematics from Columbia University, and a BS in Actuarial Science with a minor in Mathematics from Nankai University.