William Pauling

William Pauling, CFA, currently serves as the Director of Risk Solutions at Conning since November 2021. Previously, William held multiple roles at The Hartford, including Senior Risk Manager in Enterprise Risk Management from February 2005 to December 2020, where responsibilities included developing stochastic economic scenarios for economic capital and leading the capital market assumption process. William also created custom investment benchmarks and provided clarity to portfolio management teams while updating client investment policy statements. Earlier in the career at Hartford Investment Management (HIMCO), William managed risk oversight for $30 billion in assets. Prior to The Hartford, William worked at Towers Perrin from September 1993 to February 2005, culminating as the Manager of the Asset Simulation Unit, overseeing a team and managing an operating budget while developing economic scenario and asset pricing tools. William earned a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Drexel University.