People Moves
Ex-FPI Singapore managing director Chris Gill joins SJP Asia
Former Friends Provident International Singapore managing director Chris Gill has joined St James’s Place Wealth Management Asia as development director to the international business.
PEOPLE MOVES: White House, Legal & General, DIFC
Political firework Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci may return to the investment world after being fired as White House communications director. Legal & General Insurance has created a managing director role focusing on fintech, while a former deputy chief justice of the DIFC court has died.
PEOPLE MOVES: Pakistan, Old Mutual Wealth, Jupiter
The Panama Papers fallout continues with the prime minister of Pakistan resigning. Old Mutual Wealth has hired an investment specialist to support advisers, while Jupiter’s head of Middle East & Africa has left the company.
Middle East | 27 Jul 17
DIFC’s Chris Divito to head up FPI in the Middle East
Chris Divito, the former head of Standard Life in the Middle East and currently working at the DIFC, is to take over from Marcus Gent as managing director of Friends Provident International in Dubai.
PEOPLE MOVES: Lombard Odier, J O Hambro, PPF
Lombard Odier’s global chief investment officer has announced his retirement, while J O Hambro has hired two sales managers. Meanwhile, the boss of the Pension Protection Fund is to leave after nine years at the helm of the UK’s pensions lifeboat.