Eric M. Kirsch joined Aflac in November 2011 as first senior vice president, global chief investment officer, and was promoted to his current position in July 2012. In his role, he is responsible for Aflac’s investment portfolio and a team of more than 90 investment professionals. Prior to joining Aflac, he served as managing director and globalhead of insurance asset management at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he managed a global team of 55 professionals and oversaw the management of over $70 billion in insurance assets. Prior to that, he spent 27 combined years at Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) and Bankers Trust Company, most recently serving as managing director and global head of insurance asset management.
Under CIO Eric Kirsch, the insurer’s investment office is looking to buy up minority stakes in asset managers.
We’re expecting more of these opportunities to come around. This will be our third one in the last few years, and we would expect to find more. We’re open for business in that regard.