Speaker Profile: Lara Bernard Villeneuve

Lara Bernard-Villeneuve is the chief investment officer of MSIG Europe SE (part of MS&AD), overseeing investment strategy and portfolio governance across European insurance operations. She specialises in institutional asset management, advanced asset-liability management (ALM) strategies, and regulatory investment frameworks in highly regulated environments. Her focus is on building cost-efficient, agile investment structures that ensure full regulatory compliance while capturing market opportunities. She has led major transformation initiatives involving multi-entity portfolios and external asset managers and is known for her rigorous, forward-looking investment oversight.