Quilter Investors
The multi-asset wing of Quilter has appointed Sophie Outhwaite as senior manager research analyst.
She will be primarily responsible for covering Europe and UK equities, reporting to Kristian Cassar, head of manager research at Quilter Investors.
Outhwaite brings 16 years of industry experience, most recently as head of investment research solutions at Fidelity International, where she led a global team.
Prior to that she spent nearly 12 years in wealth management at Whitley Asset Management and Stanhope Capital.
TILLIT
The investment platform has promoted Sheridan Admans, previously head of fund selection, to chief investment officer.
Felicia Hjertman, TILLIT founder and CEO, said: “Sheridan has done an outstanding job of curating the TILLIT Universe to offer best-in-class investment opportunities to our customers.
“As we expand our reach in pensions and continue to partner with employers who want to offer their employees the very best pension solution, the range and quality of investments we offer becomes even more important.”
Brown Advisory
The firm has revamped its leadership structure, by splitting the CEO role into two.
Mike Hankin who has served as sole CEO and president since 1998, will be joined as co-CEO by current global sales head Logie Fitzwilliams.
Fitzwilliams joined the firm in 2003 and also head the firm’s international business.
The Baltimore-headquartered boutique said the move comes as a ‘natural next step’ as the firm continues to build out its client base internationally.
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P1 Investment Services
The company has appointed Michelle Angell as senior client services and operations manager.
At P1, she will lead the development of the firm’s client servicing team.
With 20 years experience, Angell previously held management and leadership roles at Atomos Wealth, Seccl, Abrdn, Winterflood Business Services, and Barclays Wealth.
GSB
The wealth management group has hired Hugh Johnson as chief operating officer, based in the company’s London office.
Johnson will support the company’s expansion and growth across all GSB operations. He has previously held roles senior roles at The Fry Group and Sanlam.
At the Fry Group he served as global head of operations, while at Sanlam, he was head of proposition in the wealth division, where he led the design and delivery of the service proposition and managed teams across front and back-office.
Aviva Investors
The firm has selected Heather Brown, who was previous lead of the UK institutional sales team, as its head of EMEA institutional client relationship management.
Brown brings three decades of experience to the role, and has been with Aviva Investors since 2018. She spent 20 years of her career with Lane Clark & Peacock LL before working at Pictet. She is also a trustee director for Aviva Staff Trustee Pension Limited from 2021 until 2023.
Her new role will focus on strengthening relationships with Aviva’ Investors’ existing clients, as the company puts a focus on offering private market strategies for institutional investors through a series of LTAFs. A process to select a new head of UK institutional sales is underway, Aviva said.
