Mr. Peter Montagnon Head of Investment Affairs Association of British Insurers

Peter Montagnon joined the Association of British Insurers as Head of Investment Affairs in October 2000. ABI members are large investors controlling funds worth some £1,100bn. Mr Montagnon’s department is responsible for representing the interests of ABI members as investors to the broader public, government and the companies in which the industry holds stakes.

Previously Mr Montagnon had spent two decades as a senior journalist on the Financial Times, including spells as Head of the Lex Column and in charge of international capital markets. His last assignment, from 1994 to 2000, was as Asia Editor, responsible for the FT’s coverage of a region stretching from Pakistan to New Zealand.

After graduating in Modern Languages from Cambridge University in 1972, Mr Montagnon joined Reuters news agency as a financial journalist. At Reuters he completed assignments in Hong Kong, Zurich and Washington before joining the Financial Times.