The new office is located on Rue de Rhône, in the centre of Geneva’s central business district.
Here, Fournier's role will be to market Baring Asset Managements range of mutual funds to Switzerland's private banks, many of which have been boosting their asset management operations in recent years.
Fournier comes to Barings from Schroder Investment Management, where she was relationship director of its Global Financial Institutions group, initially for six years in London, then for five years in Geneva.
At Barings, Fournier will report jointly to Angus Woolhouse, global head of distribution, and Oliver Morath, head of EMEA sales.
Prior to joining Schroder’s, Fournier held a number of senior business development positions at Morley Fund Management, now Aviva Global Investors.
