January 07, 2024
PPM America, Inc. (PPM) is pleased to announce the addition of Bob Meikleham to the Global Distribution team as Managing Director, Insurance. Meikleham comes to PPM from DWS, where he was responsible for the sale and distribution of their alternative and traditional investment solutions to insurance clients and prospects. His previous positions also include Vice President, US Institutional Business Development at Unigestion and various sales roles at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.
At PPM, Meikleham is focused on building relationships with US insurance companies and identifying ways to help them meet their investment objectives through solutions across a range of strategies, including Fixed Income, Investment Grade Private Credit, Commercial Mortgage Lending and Private Equity. He is based out of Boston and reports to Jeff Seaver, Head of Global Distribution. Meikleham joins recent team hires Laura Beckner, Head of Consultant Relations, and Greg Balewicz, Senior Managing Director.
“Bob’s record of success in helping insurance companies achieve their financial goals is a critical piece of the team we are building,” Seaver said. “Founded by an insurer over 30 years ago, PPM has the DNA of an insurance company. Bob will make certain that the sector understands that we have the experience, people and processes in place to deliver the nuanced investment strategies and best-in-class service that the sector demands.”
“I am very excited to join PPM and believe my experience partnering with clients in the insurance channel both complements and strengthens the growing team here,” remarked Meikleham. “PPM is uniquely positioned to work with insurance companies given the firm’s history and its track record of delivering consistent performance through market cycles, and I look forward to building our client base in the sector.”
About PPM America
Our mission is to be seen by clients and their advisors as a consistently reliable partner to help them achieve their long-term value goals.
PPM is a US-based institutional asset manager with $83.51 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2025.* Established in Chicago in 1990, PPM exists to consistently support institutional clients in achieving their long-term value goals. We offer our Midwestern mentality of hard work, straight talk, full transparency and humility. Our success is supported by a team-based culture that encourages debate, collaboration and consistency. At the center of our belief is the fact that our best ideas to date have and can come from any team member anywhere in our firm. We believe the success of our investment culture is best demonstrated by the strong retention of our clients and investment professionals.
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