Movers and Shakers 2020
Some moved pre-pandemic, others will move post-pandemic, but these heroes moved deep-pan…
2020
December
Philippe d'Orgeval leaves AXA Investment Managers to join Amundi as CEO
Shajahan Alam joins Alpha Real Capital as Director - Cashflow Driven Investing
Katie Weber joins Robeco as Head of UK Institutional Sales
James Wardlaw joins Federated Hermes as Partner in Infrastructure
John Empson leaves Blackrock to join CVC Credit Partners as Partner and Co-Head of Private Credit
Miguel Toney leaves Park Square Capital to join CVC Credit Partners as Partner in the Private Credit team
James Chalk leaves PwC to join 20-20 Trustees as Associate Director
Pretty Sagoo joins Athora from L&G as Head of New Business and Pensions
Tom Pook joins Spence & Partners as Joint Head of Scheme Terminations
Michael De Lathauwer joins Now Pensions as Non-Executive Chairman
Margaret Snowdon joins the Pension Superfund Trustees as new Board Member
November
Tom Ground rumoured to be leaving Aviva to rise from the ashes at another insurer
Mina Cao leaves Goldman Sachs Asset Management to join Apollo as Principal
Kelly Bone leaves Aon to join Mercer as Principal
Patrick O’Hara joins LGPS Central Limited as Director of Responsible Investment and Engagement
Cara Forrest joins LGPS Central Limited as Client Relationship Manager
Paolo Gazzola leaves Blackrock to join JP Morgan Asset Management as Executive Director – Investment Specialist
Wasil Mohar leaves Willis Towers Watson to join SEI as Client Strategy Director
Paul LaCoursiere joins Janus Henderson as Global Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investments
Satvinder Saini joins LGPS Central Limited as Enterprise Risk Manager
Andy Hunt joins Pegasus as Pensions Executive
Robin Hepworth leaves EdenTree Investment Management
Tiziana Perrella leaves Aon to join Dalriada Trustees as Professional Trustee
Tarnjeet Bhachu joins Deloitte as Assistant Director part of its Employer Covenant Team
Lee Spithray joins Pegasus as Senior Pensions Executive
Hugh Creasy joins BESTrustees as Professional Trusteee
Sarah Horan joins Independent Trustee Services as Director
Jenny Yoe leaves State Street Global Advisors to join Newton Investment
Management as Head of UK Institutional
Jim Robson leaves Boots to join 20-20 Trustees as Trustee Director
Bambos Hambi joins Quilter Investors as CEO and CIO
October
Anil Mangla leaves Blackrock to join BFIN as Head of Global Operations – Private Capital Advisory
Clara Yan leaves Schroders to join Robeco as Head of Insurance Analytics
Matthias Eng leaves JP Morgan to join Securis Investment Partners LLP as Head of Insurance Solutions
Filippo Cartiglia joins Fulcrum Asset Management as Senior Manager of its Investment Team
Amelia Sexton joins AllianceBernstein as ESG Product Specialist
Paul Francis joins Quantum Advisory as Principal Investment Consultant
Maggie Kearney leaves Accenture to join Redington as Director of Defined Contribution (DC) Consulting
Adam Phillips joins BlueBay Asset Management as Head of Developed Markets Special Situations
Grant Suckling leaves Aon to join Ross Trustees as Trustee Director
Nigel Wildman joins Ross Trustees as Trustee Manager
Tom Carr leaves Legal & General Investment Management to join Blackrock as Managing Director and Head of Sterling Active LDI
Stuart Walters joins 20-20 Trustees as Trustee Director
Lesley Alexander joins the Pension Management Institute (PMI) as President
Janet Branagh joins Ross Trustees as Senior Trustee Manager
Keith Hinds joins Dalriada Trustees as Professional Trustee
September
James Pearce joins the The Pension SuperFund as CFO
Dana Day leaves Cardano to join 20-20 Trustees as Head of Business Development
Roger Mountford joins Alpha Real Capital as Senior Adviser (Pensions)
Reena Tanna leaves Aon to join Barnett Waddingham as Senior Investment Consultant
Martin Gilbert of Aberdeen Standard Investments announces retirement
Chris Cheetham joins BT Pension Scheme as Trustee Director
Emma Hunt joins Impax Investment Management as Senior Client Director
Andy Clark joins EdenTree Asset Management as CEO
Gillian de Candole joins Lothian Pension Fund as Portfolio Manager
Adrian Spann joins 20-20 Trustees as Associate Director
Guy Saintfiet joins Aon as Liquid Alternatives Senior Portfolio Manager
Louisa Harrold joins PLT as Client Director
Sharon Bellingham leaves Hymans Robertson to join Scottish Widows as Master Trust Lead
Dev Jadeja joins Local Pensions Partnership (LPP) as Head of Investment Due Diligence
Liz Graham joins Walker Morris as Partner
Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson leaves Allianz Global Investors and joins PGIM Fixed Income as Head of ESG Research
Gerald Wellesley joins Scottish Widows’ Master Trust Team
Mary Kerrigan joins Aegon Asset Management as Non-Executive Director to its UK Board
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
William Gibbons joins Mercer as Principal Insurance Investment from PwC
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
Tom Binks leaves Schroders to join Cardano as Client Manager
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 leaves Clara to join The Pension SuperFund
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)
Oliver Gin joins Schroders as Fiduciary Manager
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
Mark Retik joins Munich Re Markets New York from Prudential Financial
Scott Doughty joins LGIM from Aon as Insurance Client Manager
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 takes on an Advisory Appointment at EY
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 as Director
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
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
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