Phoenix Group
The UK long-term savings and retirement business has promoted Bríd Meaney promoted to Heritage chief executive.
Meaney joined the group in 2021 and is currently finance director for its life companies division.
This comes as Andy Moss, life companies chief executive and heritage group director, has announced he will retire after 18 years at the company.
In other news, Jackie Noakes joins Phoenix Group as chief transformation officer.
She joins from the Bank of Ireland, where she served as group chief operating officer.
Eastspring Investments
The asset management business of Prudential has appointed Bill Maldonado as chief investment officer.
Maldonado joined Eastspring in September 2021 as head of equities.
BNP Paribas Asset Management
The French asset manager has named Mike Nikou as chief executive and head of distribution for Asia Pacific.
He will replace Steven Billiet, who has served as the firm’s Asia Pacific head after being appointed as head of the global client group in August last year.
Nikou was most recently a global partner at Antler, a global venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies.
In other news, BNP Paribas AM has appointed London-based Mark Richards as head of flexible and absolute return within its multi-asset, quantitative and solutions investment division.
He joins from Jupiter Asset Management, where he was a senior fund manager.
Neuberger Berman
The investment manager has hired Niall O’Sullivan for a newly created role as chief investment officer of multi-asset strategies, Emea.
Most recently, he worked with Mercer Investments as chief investment officer of its outsourced chief investment office (OCIO) business for Europe, Middle East and Asia.
IQ-EQ
The financial services group has promoted Guernsey-based Alasdair McLaren to the newly created position of regional head of private wealth for the UK, Ireland and Crown Dependencies.
McLaren is currently head of private wealth for Guernsey.
Ocorian
The financial services group has promoted Michael Betley to global head of private clients.
Betley joined Ocorian in November last year when it acquired Trust Corporation International which he founded in 2003.
He succeeds Nick Cawley who is moving to a newly created role in the business setting up and chairing a global private client advisory board.
Tyndall Investment Management
Theresa Russell has been named as head of distribution at the independent investment house.
Prior to this, Russell was head of sales and marketing at GVQ Investment Management.
Lombard Odier Investment Managers
George Guest has been named as sales director in the firm’s UK wholesale team.
He joins LOIM from Impax Asset Management.
JP Morgan Asset Management
The asset manager has hired Dennis Yang as head of Hong Kong private bank distribution.
He most recently worked at Credit Suisse as a director, where he delivered both discretionary and advisory mandate solutions provided by Credit Suisse’s private banking and asset management divisions to private banking clients.
Evelyn Partners
The wealth management and professional services group has hired Sam Whatsize as a financial planner in the firm’s Nottingham office.
Whatsize joins from Brown Shipley, where he worked as a financial adviser in the firm’s Nottingham office.
In other news, Evelyn Partners has bolstered its Birmingham office with the appointment of Sarah Crowley as a financial planning director.
She joins from Brighton-based financial advisory firm IEP Financial, where she worked as an IFA for the past four years.
Lastly, Evelyn Partners has named Kjersti Wiklund as an independent non-executive director.
She is currently a non-executive director of Nordea and UK listed firms Spectris and Zegona Communications. She is also non-executive director of Babcock International Group, which she will step down from at the 2022 AGM.
Jersey Finance
Yiow Chong Tan has been named as business development director for Singapore at the promotional body.
Most recently, he was corporate finance director and board secretary at Hui Tian Network Technology.
