Elizabeth Corley CEO
Allianz Global Investors Europe

Elizabeth Corley is Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Global Investors Europe. She joined the company in April 2005. In October 2005, Elizabeth became a member of the Management Board of Allianz Global Investors AG, the global management holding company of Allianz’s asset management business. In January 2008, Elizabeth also assumed responsibility for Allianz Global Investors Germany.

Prior to joining Allianz, Elizabeth spent eleven years working at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (formerly Mercury Asset Management) in various positions. She became Managing Director and Head of the EMEA Asia Pacific Mutual Fund Business as well as Member of the Boards of MLIM UK Ltd., Merrill Lynch International Investment Funds, and others.

Before this, Elizabeth was a partner with Coopers & Lybrand and prior to that worked for a number of years at Sun Alliance Life & Pensions.

Elizabeth is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute (UK), the Chartered Institute of Marketing and also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies. She was named Personality of the Year in the 2006 “Funds Europe”  Awards. From March 2006 until the end of June 2007, she was Chairman of FEAM (Forum of European Asset Managers). Elizabeth remains a member of FEAM management committee and of the City of London EU Advisory Group. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She is also an acclaimed writer and has had four thriller novels published.