Sanlam UK
The financial services company has appointed Nicola Fraser as group chief financial officer.
Fraser had worked for Aberdeen Asset Management since 2011, where she was chief financial officer for Emea.
When the company merged with Standard Life Investments to become Aberdeen Standard Investments, she became global head of financial risk.
She exited the company in September 2019.
Deutsche Bank
Kamran Khan has joined the bank in the newly created role of head of ESG for Asia Pacific.
He will be responsible for developing and coordinating the regional business strategy around ESG across all of the bank’s business divisions.
Invesco
The investment giant has made changes to its UK investment management team
Mark Barnett is leaving Invesco after 24 years, with James Goldstone and Ciaran Mallon taking over as co-managers of Barnett’s open-ended funds.
Martin Walker will continue to lead the team as head of UK equities and will manage the Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust.
These changes are with immediate effect.
Artemis
Sales director Tony van Gool is leaving the business later this year, our sister publication Portfolio Adviser has learned.
Van Gool is set to depart the boutique manager in August after 18 years with the company, having joined in 2001 from Invesco, where he was head of its advisory channel.
SVM Asset Management
The Edinburgh-headquartered investment firm has appointed Giles Robinson as head of sales and marketing.
He will oversee the sales and marketing team, with a particular focus on raising SVM’s profile with intermediaries.
Robinson previously worked at Miton Group, now Premier Miton, for over six years as a discretionary sales manager covering London and the Channel Islands.
Russell Investments
The global investment solutions provider has named Jaap Hoek as director of investment strategy and solutions for northern Europe, and Marleen Barents-Jager as sales director retail of Benelux and Nordics.
Hoek joins Russell Investments from Robeco, where he was most recently a director and portfolio strategist in the company’s investment solutions team.
Barents-Jager recently worked for Principal Global Investors, where she was responsible for business development activities, promoting and distributing the company’s range of mutual funds.
Quilter
The UK financial services firm has named Tim Breedon as an independent non-executive director.
He is currently a non-executive director of Barclays and Barclays Bank, chairing the board risk committee.
Before that, Breedon was at Legal & General, where he was the group chief executive from 2006 until June 2012.
Ravenscroft Investment Management
The investment firm has appointed Samantha Dovey to its board.
Dovey joined Ravenscroft in 2013 with responsibility for research and oversight of funded investments and is part of the multi-manager team.
Her role was expanded earlier this year when she became group head of fund research.
