2025 AGENDA

Dr. Michel Léonard, CBE, leads the Triple-I’s Economics and Analytics Department. He is responsible for providing analysis and insight on industry economics and business performance, as well as other forward-looking, data driven insurance insights.

Michel brings more than twenty years of insurance experience to Triple-I, including senior and leadership positions as Chief Economist for Trade Credit and Political Risk at Aon; Chief Economist at Jardine Lloyd Thompson; Chief Economist and Data Scientist at Alliant; and Chief Data Scientist at MaKro LLC. In these roles, he worked closely with underwriters, brokers and risk managers to model risk exposures for property-casualty and specialty lines such as credit, political risk, business interruption and cyber.

Michel also currently serves as adjunct faculty at New York University’s Economics Department. Previous academic appointments include Adjunct Faculty in NYU’s Center for Data Science and Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University’s Data Science Institute and Statistics Department. He was the recipient of a grant from the Spencer Educational Foundation to develop a course in data analytics for insurance. In these capacities, Michel provides a key link between the Triple-I, its Non-Resident Scholars and academia.

Michel holds a Bachelors of Arts from McGill University, a Masters of Theological Studies from Harvard University, and a Masters of Arts and Doctorate of Philosophy in Political Economy from the University of Virginia, focusing on qualitative and quantitative risk modeling. He is a member of the Insurance Research Council Advisory Board.

Jon Ambos has spent the past 30+ years as a results-oriented operational leader and advisor with extensive project management and technology experience on the buy-side dealing with institutional asset managers, insurance asset managers, hedge funds, custodian banks, and vendors.  He employs creative, tactical, and strategic vision in delivering both small and large complex projects on time and within budget. Jon is currently the founder and COO of Bentley Road Group, LLC - a boutique buy-side consulting firm focused on providing and improving business strategy, operating model design, workflow review, efficiency/scale, vendor selection, and project management.  He previously was employed at Prosperity Life Insurance, Citigroup Asset Management (Including Travelers), Deutsche Asset Management, PwC, and KPMG. Jon holds an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at NYU and a BBA in Accounting from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Allah Rakha Sheikh is a highly accomplished IT leader and results-driven executive, having a wealth of experience spanning over 20+ years. His expertise extends across multiple fronts. From driving innovation in customer engagement, orchestrating product transformations, empowering employees, and optimizing IT operations. With a passion for instilling a culture grounded in ownership, teamwork, and accountability, he places significant emphasis on strategically repositioning IT from a cost center to a revenue generator aligned with broader business objectives. In his role as Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Madison Mutual Insurance Company (MMIC), Sheikh is celebrated for his collaborative and empowering leadership approach. He is strongly devoted to cultivating a culture that values continuous improvement, fosters creativity, and instills a deep sense of responsibility within the IT department. Additionally, his unwavering commitment to talent development and mentorship has led to the creation of a motivated and high-performing team, playing a crucial role in shaping the future of technology within MMIC.

Lynne brings deep cross-functional investment experience driving continuous improvement and scalable solutions for Life and P&C insurers.
 

Pramit Mukherjee is a Managing Director, Insurance Client Solutions, for SLC Management. His role focuses on developing capital efficient investment solutions for insurers across structured finance, private credit and real estate mortgage investments.

Pramit has over 15 years of experience in asset management. Prior to joining the firm, he was Senior Director, Investments, at Legal and General America (L&G), and managed U.S. pension risk transfer (PRT) and protection portfolios. He led research on new asset classes and executed investment strategies and structuring across multiple regulatory jurisdictions and models, including Risk-Based Capital (RBC), Bermuda Solvency Capital Requirement (BCSR) and Solvency II. He has additional experience from major investment management firms including investment evaluation, due diligence and portfolio management across a variety of asset classes.

Pramit has a Master of Business Administration with distinction from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He graduated magna cum laude from the Indian Institute of Technology with a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering. He is also a Board member of the Fixed Income Investor Network by the Financial Times Live (FT Live). 

Chris Mechem is Head of Institutional Insurance for Invesco. In this role, Chris leads the team responsible for engagement between insurance general accounts and Invesco’s variety of public and private investment capabilities.
 
Chris has been in the investment management industry for 19 years and spent the last 10 years with Invesco. Prior to his current role, Chris was an Insurance Relationship Manager with a focus on Life Insurance Companies’ sub-advised platforms and annuity products, and played a leading role in building out Invesco’s structured annuity index licensing business. Chris joined the organization in 2016 as an Investment Due Diligence analyst, responsible for growing and maintaining Invesco’s presence on Annuity and Wealth Management Platforms.
 
Chris graduated from Hamilton College in 2006, and is a CFA charterholder.

Peter Miller is Head of Client Investment Solutions for North America for the Invesco Solutions team, which develops and manages asset allocation strategies and comprehensive portfolio solutions across institutional and private client channels. In this role, he and his team leverage Invesco’s fundamental, systematic, and alternative strategies to deliver precise, tailored investment outcomes for our clients.
 
Mr. Miller joined Invesco in 2018. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a senior vice president with PIMCO's financial institutions group, where he focused on general account investments and risk-managed fund solutions for insurance clients. Mr. Miller previously spent nine years in variable annuity hedging and risk management, as well as insurance portfolio management and pension liability-driven investing, with The Hartford. He has been in the financial industry since 2001.
 
Mr. Miller earned a BS degree in actuarial science from the University of Nebraska. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) charterholder and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA)

Blake Mock is a Managing Director on the Insurance Relationship Management team at Invesco, where he is responsible for engagement with insurance investment teams.
 
Blake has 15 years of experience working with insurance companies in different capacities. Prior to joining Invesco, Blake held fundraising roles at Pinnacle Trust Partners and Advantage Capital, focused on raising Insurance capital. Before the transition to fundraising, he covered insurance in investment banking at Barclays, investment banking and equity research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods and as a credit analyst at S&P. He began his career as an insurance broker with Marsh and McLennan.
 
Blake graduated from the University of Georgia in 2007 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Todd M. Campbell is President and Chief Executive Officer of Builders Insurance, an A.M. Best “A” rated mutual captive company located in Atlanta, Georgia.  Builders is a super-regional insurer operating in 20+ states and its surplus lines carrier is licensed in 49 jurisdictions in America. Builders, with $360 million in surplus and $1.1 billion in assets under management, $245+mm in annual premium and 200 employees, has been an integral part of the Worker’s Compensation, General Liability and Commercial Insurance markets in the Southeast for 32 years.

Todd also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Sagicor Life Insurance company, part of the Sagicor group, a 150-year-old insurer based in Barbados and Bermuda, and publicly traded on the Toronto Stock exchange. He also serves as chair of the Sagicor Investment and Risk board committee, with $5+ billion in assets under management.

Todd attended Appalachian State University as an undergraduate and received a law degree from Mercer University’s Woodruff School of Law in Georgia.

Alton R. Cogert, CFA, CPA, CAIA, FDP, CGMA, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cogert formed Strategic Asset Alliance in 1994.

Currently, Mr. Cogert is an Independent Member of American Fidelity Assurance Company's Investment Committee of the Board. Previously, he has served as a technical advisor to the NAIC Invested Assets Working Group. He is a former member of the Board of Directors and former chairman of the Investment Committee of the National Alliance of Life Companies.

Prior to SAA, Mr. Cogert accumulated more than 20 years of financial institution experience, including over 10 years experience in senior financial management. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and a Financial Data Professional Charterholder. Mr. Cogert holds a BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Southern California