Talent Moves in Pension/Insurance Investment Early 2020

August

Matthieu Louanges joins First Eagle Investment Management as Head of International Wholesale Distribution

Ricky Varaden joins LGIM as Senior Investment Manager

David Scopelliti joins Mercer as Global Head of Private Credit

Steven Billiet joins BNP Paribas Asset Management as Head of Asia Pacific

July

Marcin Adamczyk joins NN Investment Partners as Head of Emerging Market Debt

Prashant Sharma leaves JP Morgan to join MEAG as CIO Public Markets

Andy Curran joins Phoenix Group as CEO of Savings and Retirement, UK and Europe and Group Director of Scotland

David Walker appointed CIO at Hymans Robertson

Daniel Leon leaves AXA Investment Managers to join HSBC Global Asset Management as Global Head of Trading, Treasury Management and Global Solutions

Ross Barr joins Cardano as Investment Strategist

Claire Hawkins promoted to Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations Director at Phoenix Group

Marina Iodice joins NN Investment Partners as Senior Portfolio Manager, Impact Investing

Tom Frost leaves Interritus to join Voya Investment Management

Stefan Lummart leaves JP Morgan Asset Management previous Head EMEA Insurance Solutions

June

Christopher Smith leaves Newton to join Jupiter Asset Management as a Fund Manager

Marc Munichman set to join Alpha Capital Partners from Jeffries Investment Bank

Stephen Budge leaves Mercer to join Lane, Clark & Peacock as Principal of DC Investment Consulting

Kathryn Purves joins Redington as Non-Executive Chair

Katharine Neiss to join PGIM as Chief European Economist from Bank of England

Sophia Singleton leaves Aon to join XPS Pensions Group as Head of DC

Hagen Schremmer joins BNP Paribas Asset Management as CEO of Germany, he joins from Deutsche Bank

Michael Walsh leaves UBS Asset Management to join T. Rowe Price as Portfolio Manager and Multi-Asset Solutions Strategist for EMEA

Lora-Ann Chiginsky joins Asset Management One International as Director of Business Development EMEA

Graeme Griffiths joins Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association as Non-Executive Director

Urs Gröpl joins Apollo Global Management from AXA Investment Management

Stephane Marot leaves SocGen to join AXA Investment Managers as Head of Derivatives, Japan

David Bird leaves Willis Towers Watson to join Cardano as Head of DC Platform

Stefan Lundbergh appointed to Head of DC Design at Cardano

Caitlin McSherry joins Neuberger Berman from SSGA as Director of Stewardship (ESG)

Andrew Howard promoted to Global Head of Sustainable Investment at Schroders

Andy Seed joins Aviva Investors as Head of Defined Contribution (DC) Solutions

Rebekah Bennett joins SEI from Blackrock as Consultant Relations Director

Russ Morrison to joins Aegon Asset Management as Global CIO - Fixed Income

Jean White joins SEI as Global Sales Director from Northern Trust

Jessica Ground to leave Schroders to join Capital Group as Head of ESG

Dan Mooncie joins Cardano as Client Manager

Gary Collins leaves Columbia Threadneedle

May

Nick Johnson joins Isio as a Partner in their Pensions, Insurance, De-risking and Settlement Team

Adam Baker leaves JP Morgan to join Blackrock’s LDI Team

Ben Stone leaves PwC to join Mercer as Risk Transfer Partner

Jason Kenny rumoured to be leaving Clara Pensions

Prasad Kamath leaves Mons Capital to join BT Pensions

Sharina Walia leaves Blackrock to join Ninety-One as UK Head of Client Management

George Culmer appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Aviva

Daniel Loughney joins Board to Coast Pensions Partnership as Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

Helena Dumycz joins TPT Retirement Solutions as Head of Employer Relationships

Emily Chew leaves Manulife to join Morgan Stanley Investment Management as Global Head of Sustainability

Akash Rooprai joins Independent Trustee Services (ITS) as a Director

Brenda Sklar joins Legal & General Investment Management Global Chief Operating Officer

Davina Goodall-Smith leaves BNP Paribas to join Nikko Asset Management as COO, EMEA

Jaap Hoek joins Russell Investments as Director of Investment Strategy and Solutions for Northern Europe

Marleen Barents-Jager leaves Principal Global Investors to join Russell Investments as Director of Business Development

Mike Johnson leaves Aon after almost 20 years to join Hymans Robertson as a Partner in DB Investment

Ernst Jansen joins Kempen Capital Management as COO

Paul Armitage appointed Head of the XPS’s Defined Contribution (DC) master trust, National Pension Trust (NPT)

April

Adam Briggs joins PwC from Mercer

Boris Mikhailov joins Alpha Real Capital as Client Solutions Director

Helen Gilchrist and Jayesh Patel have been appointed Co-Heads of Willis Towers Watson DC Consulting Business in the UK

Jemma Paterson joins LGIM as Strategic Relationship Manager

Michael Ridley appointed as Senior Responsible Investment Specialist at HSBC Global Asset Management

Sinead Leahy leaves PwC

Luc Pascal joins Board to Coast Pensions Partnerships from Lane, Clark & Peacock

Nabeel Ansari leaves Korn Ferry to join William Blake Group as Head of Research and Data Insights

James Thelwell joins Board to Coast Pensions Partnerships as a Portfolio Manager (Alternatives)

Kane Brennan joins TIFF Investment Management as President after 21 years at Goldman Sachs

Mark Calnan appointed Head of Investments EMEA at Willis Towers Watson

Patrice Conxicoeur appointed CEO Singapore and Head of South East Asia at HSBC Global Asset Management

Cyrille de Montgolfier leaves Nemrod Finance to join Willis Towers Watson

Nigel Sillis joins Cardano as Client Portfolio Manager

AXA Investment Managers has promoted Mark Hargraves to Global Head of Framlington Equities

Matthew Lovatt, appointed Global Head of Client Group at AXA Investment Managers

Lisa Mundy joins Mercer Master Trust as new Board Member

Marco Willner joins NN Investment Partners as Head of Investment Strategy

Marcel Armon set to join Aon’s Primary Insurance Broker as Chief Commercial Officer

Maria Ryan joins HSBC Global Asset Management as Head of Institutional Sales for the UK, Scandinavia and the Middle East

march

Louise Evans joins Franklin Templeton as Head of Asset Management

Kaye Vass joins Compre Group

Amanda Latham leaves The Pensions Regulator to join Barnett Waddingham

Cyrille Strugarek leaves Munich Re to join Athora as Head of Business Development

Candia Kingston appointed Chair of Royal London’s investment advisory committee (IAC)

Vis Nayar appointed UK and European CIO of HSBC Global Asset Management

Andrew Epsom joins Royal London Asset Management as Insurance Client Solutions Director

Arif Saad leaves LGIM to join Kempen as Senior Investment Strategist

Marco Smelter joins BMO Global Asset Management from Corestone Investment Managers

Melissa McDonald appointed Head of Responsible Investment at HSBC Global Asset Management

Kim Hochfeld leaves Morgan Stanley Investment Management to join State Street Global Advisors as Global Head of Cash

Philip Glaze retires from CIO at HSBC Global Asset Management

Virginia Burke leaves ITM to join Aon as a Senior Public Sector Pensions Consultant

Anne Marie Fleurbaaij to join Columbia Threadneedle Investments from GIC

Fred Emden joins The Society of Pensions Professionals (SPP) as new CEO

Dominic Fry leaves Apollo Global Management

Lawrence Ho leaves Mercer to join Profile Pensions

Philippe Lenoble joins AustralianSuper as Senior Investment Director

february

Jean-Charles Sambor appointed Head of Emerging Market Fixed Income at BNP Paribas Asset Management

Chief Actuary of Aon, Georg Thurnes leaves after 30 years

Dan Melley leaves Putnam Investments to join Mercer

Charles Moussier leaves Naxitis to join Invesco as Head of EMEA Insurance Investment Solutions

Marc Hommel is working at EY as a Senior Advisor

Mark Stewart appointed Chairman at Scottish Widows

Sally Minchella joins Law Debenture from Willis Towers Watson

Michelle Cracknell appointed as Non-Executive Director at Just Group

Lara Edmonstone-West leaves River and Mercantile to join Kempen

Grégoire Bailly-Salins joins Aviva Investors as Head of Transactions, Continental Europe

Steve Webb joins Lane, Clark & Peacock as Partner from Royal London Asset Management

Andrew Warwick-Thompson joins Capital Cranfield as Professional Trustee from LGPS

Ronan O’Riordan joins River & Mercantile Solutions

Charlotte Dicker joins Wells Fargo Asset Management as Consultant Relations Director

Philip Smith leaves PwC to join TPT as Director of DC

liana Lazarova joins Pension Protection Fund (PPF) as a Senior ESG Analyst

january

Anthony Brewer leaves Aon to join Zephyrus Partners as Corporate Pensions Advisor

Alex Pollack appointed as Head of Clients for Blackrock’s UK OCIO Business

Caleb Gakpetor joins Legal and General from Aon to become Client Relationship Executive

Meir Lewis leaves Deutsche Bank to join Nomura as Head of FI Investment Banking

Daniel Barlow joins Law Debenture as Director from PwC

Sir Adrian Montague announced he is to step down as Aviva Chairman

Tatjana Puhan leaves Swiss Life Asset Managers as appointed Deputy CIO at TOBAM

Anne Mei Poppe joins Kempen as Alternative Investments Specialist

Deniz Sevincer and Mark Williams appointed as Co-Heads Of Institutional Funds at Octopus Group

Steve Longworth leaves KPMG to join PTL as Client Director

Mervin Coutinho leaves Aviva Investments to join Schroders as Credit Portfolio Manager

Peter Ruesink joins Kempen from Allianz Global Investors as Client Director/Senior Fiduciary Manager

Paul Spencer of Franklin Templeton announces retirement

Henk Grootveld joins LOIM from Robeco Asset Management

Huw Stephens from AXA IM-Real Assets appointed Senior Adviser at IPSX Group

Remko van de Erf returns to Kempen as Co-Head for Alternative Strategies

Baroness Shriti Vadera from Santander UK appointed Chairwoman of Prudential

Martin Trenchard leaves Scottish Widows to join Aegon as ECB Director

Dame Kate Barker appointed Trustee Chair-Elect at USS

John Preston appointed Chair of the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA)

Steve Longworth leaves KPMG to join PTL as Client Director

Joy Mahon joins TPT as Head of DC

Nimisha Sodha leaves KPMG to join Insight Investment’s Responsible Investment Team

Peter Ballard joins London Pension Fund Authority from Willis Towers Watson

Markus Weber leaves Nordea Investment Management to join Wells Fargo Asset Management

Tom Spreutels leaves Deutsche Bank to join Leadenhall Capital Partners as Head of Origination, Life and Alternative Credit

Rebeca Coriat leaves Investec Asset Management to join LOIM as Head of Stewardship

Deven Punjabi leaves Just Group plc to join Legal and General as Director of New Business Insurance