Leslie Barbi is the Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA). She leads the global asset team and is responsible for RGA’s global asset portfolio, strategy, and investment policy. She is a member of RGA’s Executive Committee.
Leslie joined RGA in 2020. She has 30 years of experience in investment management to RGA, including 20 years of investment leadership in the insurance industry. Prior to RGA, she was with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, where she served as Executive Officer – Senior Vice President, Head of Public Investments. In this role, she led a team that actively managed $120 billion in fixed income portfolios, directing portfolio management, research, trading, strategy, and the asset/liability management and derivatives team. In addition, she served on multiple strategic committees, including the Investment Committee, and was a board member of Northwestern Mutual’s Wealth Management Company.
Prior to Northwestern Mutual, Leslie was Senior Managing Director, Head of Public Fixed Income at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. In this role, she managed $36 billion in fixed income assets, and she was responsible for oversight of the investment process, which included a focus on process improvement, talent development and retention, strategy development for portfolio construction, and risk management. Earlier in her career, Leslie held senior positions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO).
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Harvard University and an MBA in finance from The University of Chicago. Active in the industry, she has served for eight years on the advisory board of the Fixed Income Forum, an industry organization comprising heads of fixed income or chief investment officers of approximately 50 buy-side firms.