David has a degree in economics from Trinity College Cambridge. He started work as a trainee investment manager in 1966, before moving to a large City-based firm in 1971 to manage pension funds, charities and private individuals.

In 1977 he moved to manage syndicate funds for a large Lloyd's managing agency, and continued to manage Lloyd's funds until 1989.

The Meridian business was started in 1984, and in 1989 became a stand-alone business providing a variety of investment-related services to the insurance market. David started our performance measurement service in 1990, and investment consultancy in 1995. He is a Director of Meridian Performance Services Ltd.

Marcus Johnson has spent 25 years at the interface of the investment and insurance markets and has written widely on the use of investments by insurance entities.  He has been involved with Lloyd’s and London Market Companies for slightly longer and is widely recognised as an authority on the use of financial markets by insurers  He is Managing Director of NW Brown in Cambridge, a medium-sized IFA.  He is a non-executive Director of Meridian Performance Services Ltd.

Kate joined Meridian in October 2003 as an Assistant Consultant. Kate is Chief Operating Officer of Meridian Performance Services Ltd.

She began her career at Safra Republic Investments Ltd in 1995, working with the fund management team, before moving to British Energy to work on its privatisation. In 1997 she moved to Premium Management as an assistant fund manager specialising in Lloyd's funds, and became a junior fund manager when Premium was bought out by Credit Agricole in 2000.