Justin Excell
Justin Excell, Head of Internal Investments Asset Management, was appointed to the Group Management Board, with effect from March 2011. He joined Swiss Re in 2008 as Head of Rates and is responsible for managing government bonds and the overall duration of the portfolio. In January 2013, he took additional responsibility for all internally managed equities. Before joining Swiss Re, in 2005 Mr Excell and four partners founded a sizeable fixed income hedge fund. In 2000, he became Head of the European Government Bond trading desk at Barclays Capital and was later promoted to Deputy Head of the European and UK Rates Trading Business. Between 1997 and 2000, he was Deputy Head of the European Government trading desk at Deutsche Bank. Mr Excell has a twenty-three year career trading and managing bonds interest rate risks at top-tier investment banks in London, Tokyo and Frankfurt.
