Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has appointed Niall O’Sullivan to the newly created role of chief investment officer, multi-asset strategies, EMEA. 

Working closely with the firm’s global investment teams, O’Sullivan will be responsible for leading the multi-asset team’s investment activity in the region, driving portfolio construction and outlook development for EMEA client portfolios. O’Sullivan will join the firm’s Asset Allocation Committee and be proactive in developing, authoring, and delivering market insight, commentary, and differentiated thought leadership and collateral to engage sophisticated investors in the region. He will also seek to collaborate with the investment teams in our external clients and engage on the investment challenges they face.

O’Sullivan has more than 25 years’ experience managing investment portfolios and programmes, globally. Most recently, he worked with Mercer Investments as chief investment officer of its Outsourced CIO (OCIO) business for Europe, Middle East and Asia. Prior to joining Mercer in 2010, O'SUllivan was with QED in Dublin, where he focused on solution-driven investment opportunities with banks and insurance companies. Before QED, he was at Bank of Ireland Global Markets, working with clients and developing the bank’s LDI product range and inflation-linked solutions.