Ashish Dafria is the Chief Investment Officer for Aviva. He manages c300£bn of assets. He is responsible for defining the investment strategy, delivering Aviva’s sustainable investments ambitions, developing investment solutions, and ultimately for delivering the investment outcomes for Aviva’s shareholder and customer investments. He previously led the formation of Aviva Investors’ first Global Research team and before that was Head of Credit Research for Aviva Investors North America. He was previously a Director with UBS Investment Bank in New York and Chicago and a Senior Ratings Analyst with the Indian rating agency, Crisil. Dafria is a CFA charterholder and earned his MBA as a valedictorian from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Indore, India.