Matthew Merritt

Mr. Matthew Merritt is Head of Multi-Asset Strategy at Insight Investment Management (Global) Ltd.
He joined Insight as Head of Strategy in September 2004.
In November 2009, Mr. Merritt was appointed Head of the Multi-Asset Strategy Group following the merger of Insight's Investment Strategy Unit and Multi-Asset Group.
In this role he leads a team focusing on determining overall strategic and tactical asset allocation policy for Insight and ensuring effective implementation across the wide range of portfolios managed within the business.
Mr. Merritt joined from Citigroup where as Head of Global Equity Strategy for Smith Barney he ran an equity strategy unit.
Prior to joining Citigroup in 2000 he was Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist at ING Barings which he joined in 1996.
This followed four years at NatWest Securities as a global investment strategist.
He started his career at the Bank of England in 1989.
Mr. Merritt holds a Master of Social Science degree from the University of Birmingham in Money, Banking and Finance and a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Economics from Nottingham University.