Chris Demarco

Chris DeMarco is a senior Legal & General executive in the firm’s Pension Risk Transfer business. Legal & General’s current PRT team page lists him in senior management as Managing Director of Strategic Accounts and New Markets. Public sources do not verify the stub’s classification of him as a seed-stage angel investor; the verified record points instead to institutional retirement, pension risk transfer, and financial-services leadership.

DeMarco joined Legal & General in 2013 and held leadership roles in Legal & General Investment Management before moving to Legal & General Retirement in 2017. Legal & General announced on 19 January 2017 that he had been appointed Managing Director of UK Pension Risk Transfer after serving as Head of Institutional Client Management at LGIM.

Before Legal & General, DeMarco worked in investment consulting and spent 23 years in investment banking covering clients and running sales teams in Europe and North America. Public profiles name prior roles including Partner at Aon Hewitt, Managing Director at HSBC, Managing Director in Fixed Income at Credit Suisse First Boston, and an earlier derivatives sales role at Salomon Brothers.

Trekstock’s trustee profile says DeMarco has a BSc in economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and more than 35 years of industry experience. The Org and The Official Board list his Wharton degree as a Bachelor of Science in Finance completed in 1987.

• No verified public evidence was found that DeMarco is an active seed-stage angel investor or publishes a startup-investing thesis.
• His verified focus is pension risk transfer: helping defined benefit pension schemes transfer risk to insurers through buy-ins, buyouts, longevity insurance, and related structures.
• He has emphasized preparation and timing in PRT transactions: “schemes who engage insurers early, have flexible timeframes and have prepared thoroughly” are best positioned to transact.
• He has framed the broader PRT objective as freeing companies from legacy pension obligations while protecting members’ retirement income.
• He has spoken publicly on sustainability in pension buy-outs, including a 23 April 2025 Society of Pension Professionals event on buy-out providers’ sustainability and investment credentials.