Based in Geneva as senior vice president of business development, Williams will target partnerships with IFAs, large institutions and family offices for Continental’s range of offshore high value life insurance products aimed at those who need succession planning.
Continental’s founder and managing director Ashok Sardana said: “I have known Richard for more than 20 years, since Continental started its operations. Richard brings with him over three decades of experience in distribution networking, predominantly in senior sales roles within banking, offshore life company and fund management organisations.”
Williams was formerly Provisca’s Middle East regional director.
Hampden & Co
Edinburgh-based Hampden & Co has appointed Andrew Jackson to the newly-created post of head of banking management in their Mayfair, London office.
With over 30 years in private banking, he joins from the Indian-owned private bank Duncan Lawrie.
In Edinburgh Hampden & Co have acquired second premises close to their existing base in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.
The new office is just around the corner in South Charlotte Street and will house the operational and administration teams with clients still going to the existing Charlotte Square office for meetings with their private banker.
Hampden & Co says it frequently works with other advisers to high net worth clients as part of a broader team to look at a client’s overall situation, including their family and family businesses.
Former FCA advice chief
Former UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) director of life insurance and financial advice, Linda Woodall, has joined a regulatory experts panel at Huntswood.
There are several financial services heavyweights already on the panel, including former work and pensions minister Ros Altmann and former chief executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service Natalie Ceeney.
The panel works alongside Huntswood’s advisory and assurance teams to consult regulator challenges facing the industry.
Woodall retired from her role at the FCA in December 2017.
PLSA
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has today announced that Emma Douglas has been appointed as chair of its policy board, which will be introduced in autumn 2018.
With a career that spans more than 20 years in the pensions and investment management industries, Douglas is currently head of defined contributions (DC) for Legal & General Investment Management and is also chair of the PLSA’s existing Master Trust Committee and sits on the PLSA’s DC Council.
As part of her new role, Douglas will represent the PLSA’s membership in policy making and provide leadership in bringing a diverse range of members together behind common policy goals.
The creation of a policy board was one of the proposed changes announced at the PLSA’s annual conference in October 2017.
From autumn, the policy board will take strategic oversight of the PLSA’s policy work programme across the full breadth of its membership, making sure it supports the PLSA’s purpose and vision to help everyone achieve a better income in retirement.
Newton Investment Management
Newton Investment Management (Newton IM), part of BNY Mellon Investment Management, has hired Andy Warwick to its real return team, reporting to Suzanne Hutchins.
Warwick will join on 30 July and, subject to any necessary approvals, will work as co-lead portfolio manager on the Newton and BNY Mellon real return strategies, alongside co-lead portfolio managers Suzanne Hutchins and Aron Pataki.
He joins from BlackRock where he was co-manager of the BlackRock Dynamic Diversified Growth Fund, as well as being manager of the BGF Flexible Multi-Asset Fund, BlackRock Balanced Growth Fund and BlackRock Balanced Managed Fund.
