Dame Elizabeth Corley
Senior Advisor, Allianz Global Investors
Elizabeth was CEO of Allianz Global Investors, initially for Europe then globally, from 2005 to 2016 and continues to act as a senior advisor to the firm. She was previously at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (formerly Mercury Asset Management) and Coopers & Lybrand.
Elizabeth serves on three company boards as a non-executive director – Pearson plc, BAE Systems plc and Morgan Stanley Inc.
Additionally, she is a trustee of the British Museum where she chairs the Investment Sub-Committee.
Elizabeth remains actively engaged in the investment management industry, particularly on topics of policy and standards development. Having previously set up and chaired the FICC (Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities) Standards Board and the Taskforce for the UK Government on impact investing, she assumed the position of chair of the newly established Impact Investing Institute.
She is a member of the CFA Future of Finance Advisory Council and the AQR Asset Management Institute; a member of the 300 Club and Committee of 200. Elizabeth is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is also a published author of crime thrillers.
In 2016 Elizabeth received an honorary doctorate from the London Institute of Banking and Finance (formerly IFS University College); in July 2019 she received an Honorary Fellowship from London Business School.
Elizabeth was made a Dame in 2019 for services to the economy and financial services.
