Werner Vetsch is the Chief Operating Officer for Aegon Asset Management US. His responsibilities include securities operations, derivatives, limited partnership and real estate accounting and operations, middle office (investment reference data, securities and derivatives valuation and cash forecasting/modeling), and shared services for the organization (project, process and data quality management). He is a member of the Aegon Asset Management US Executive Committee and the Management Board. Prior to joining the firm, Werner served as chief operating officer, chief compliance officer and executive director for Legal and General Investment Management America. Werner also served as a senior vice president with Northern Trust Company in roles including investment operations outsourcing and global custody, and with Bankers Trust Company, Citibank, N.A., Dillon, Read & Company, and Dean Witter Reynolds. He has 32 years of industry experience and has been with the firm since 2015.