Maurice Heffernan Email Address

Chief Information Officer

Conning (www.conning.com) is a leading global investment management firm with almost $109 billion in global assets under management as of December 31, 2016.* With a long history of serving the insurance industry, Conning supports institutional investors, including pension plans, with investment solutions and asset management offerings, award-winning risk modeling software, and industry research. Founded in 1912, Conning has offices in Boston, Cologne, Hartford, Hong Kong, London, New York, and Tokyo. *As of December 31, 2016, represents the combined global assets under management for the affiliated firms under Conning Holdings Limited, and Cathay Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd. ("SITE"). SITE reports internally into Conning Asia Pacific Limited, but is a separate legal entity under Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. which is the ultimate controlling parent of all Conning entities.

IT Leader and transformational change agent with a breadth of experience spanning Application Development, Technology Infrastructure, Product Development, and Finance. Financial Services expertise spans Investment Management, Wealth Management, Capital Markets, and Asset Servicing. Full spectrum multi-asset class experience includes financial planning, fundamental research, quantitative research, portfolio management, risk management, order management, compliance, trading, accounting, and market data management. Technology expertise includes Strategic Partnerships, Outsourcing, SaaS, Architecture, Design Thinking, Agile Software Development, DevOps, Package Implementation and Vendor Management. Leadership experience in both regional, expatriate and global leadership roles, early stage product incubation, rapid growth and mature systems life cycle management. Strengths include business alignment, vision formation, IT road mapping, agile delivery and the cultivation of high performing and continuously improving teams.