President and Chief Executive Officer
Kirby has been President and Chief Executive Office of Beneficial Life Insurance Company since February of 2010. He joined Beneficial as the Chief Investment Officer in April of 2008. His investment management experience extends over 26 years, including over 13 years in senior positions with ING. He was appointed Deseret Management Corporation's (parent company of Beneficial) Chief Financial Officer in August of 2010 concurrent with his role at Beneficial.
At ING, Kirby was the Head of Investment Process and Risk Management for ING Investment Management Americas where he was responsible for fixed income and equity investment management processes for third party portfolios. Prior to that role, Kirby was Senior Vice President and Managing Director of ING Investment Management, Canada leading the overall investment efforts in Canada. For over three years, he served as Head of Proprietary Advisory Services and Director, Portfolio Management, Regional Management Europe in the Netherlands. Kirby joined ING Investment Management in 1994 as Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager.
He was head of Trading Research and Funds Management for Koch Industries, Inc. and a portfolio manager for MetLife Investment Management Corporation. He received his M.B.A. from the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, and his B.A. from Brigham Young. Kirby holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and has held the Series 7 (Securities Agent), 24 (Principal) and 63 (Commodities Futures and Options) securities licenses.