Securis promotes Le Moing & Auddy, adds NA, AUS, JP investor relations hires

Securis Investment Partners, the London-headquartered insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has strengthened its business development and investor relations function with two promotions and two new global hires.

Steven Le Moing, an insurance-linked securities (ILS) investor relations specialist who joined Securis Investment Partners earlier this year, has now been promoted to Global Head of Sales and Marketing at the firm.

Le Moing is responsible for Securis’ distribution strategy globally, overseeing its sales, marketing and business development, as well as client services.

In addition, Securis has promoted Tiyasha Auddy to Head of Client Portfolio Management, a role that will see her taking on responsibility for managing the ILS managers strategic partnerships globally, including investment consultant relations.

Securis has also announced two new hires to further strengthen its global investor relations capabilities.

First, Alison Wallis has joined Securis as Head of Investor Relations and Business Development for North America and Australia.

Wallis has more than a decade of business development and investor relations experience across institutional investors, private wealth investors and investment consultants, largely focused on Australia and New Zealand.

Wallis will be based in the U.S. and will develop and execute Securis’ growth strategy in North America and Australia, tasked with building and maintaining strong institutional investor relationships.

Wallis most recently worked for GAM Investments in Sydney, leading institutional distribution as part of the global consultant relations team. She was also responsible for GAM’s distributor relations with select investment managers, including catastrophe bond fund specialist Fermat Capital Management. Before GAM Investments, Wallis worked at Brookvine and Deutsche Asset Management.

The second new investor relations hire at Securis is Yoshihiro Okamoto, who joins the company as Head of Investor Relations and Business Development for Japan.

Securis has had a presence in Japan for more than a decade and the ILS manager sees Okamoto’s hire strengthening its operations there.

He will take on responsibility for investor relations, client service and consultant relations in Japan, bringing more than 25 years’ experience in finance, with a career largely focused on asset management businesses with pensions and financial institutions as clients.

Okamoto was most recently the General Manager at Bayview Asset Management in Tokyo and previously worked at Willis Towers Watson and Invesco Asset Management.

Vegard Nilsen, CEO, Securis, commented on the promotion and hiring news, “These new roles reflect Securis’ continued focus on providing best-in-class service to our clients and partners. Steven will continue to ensure we remain an investor-centric firm, focused on providing an outstanding experience and service to our clients, with Tiyasha further building and strengthening the firm’s strategic partnerships.

“We are also very pleased to welcome Alison to head up our business development in North America, Australia and New Zealand, and Yoshi to head our investor relations activity in Japan as we remain committed to serving our clients in the Japanese market. These appointments further strengthen our global coverage, and we look forward to benefiting from both Alison and Yoshi’s technical ILS investment knowledge as well as their deep relationships and proven ability to deliver solutions to our clients.”

The news comes on the heels of Securis entering into a distribution agreement for its ILS fund strategies with Swiss private bank Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) during the summer.

Securis said that initially, this UBP relationship will be concentrated on achieving broader distribution of the Securis Catastrophe Bond Fund (UCITS) across Europe.