PEOPLE MOVES: Canada Life, Edmond de Rothschild, PraxisIFM

Insurer appoints chief information officer, while private bank expands senior team in the Middle East

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Canada Life

Paul Russell has been named chief information officer at Canada Life.

He previously founded start-up Upside Saving where he also served as chief technology officer.

Edmond de Rothschild

Private bank and asset manager Edmond de Rothschild has made two senior hires to expand its presence in the Middle East.

Manuel Sturm becomes chief operating officer for the Middle East and Africa market, while Saman Habibian is market leader Middle East and Africa.

Sturm was most recently chief of staff for the Middle East and Africa region at Bank Pictet in Zurich, while Habibian was head of Middle East at the bank.

PraxisIFM

The independent financial services group has promoted Katja Daborn to managing director of its Hong Kong office.

She has been with the firm for nearly 15 years.

Ninety One

The global investment manager recruited Daisy Streatfield as sustainability director.

She will be responsible for implementing the firm’s net zero commitments across the business and within portfolios.

Streatfield was previously at the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change where she served as programme director.

HanETF

The Europe-based white label Ucits ETF issuer has made three senior hires.

Vincent Chen joins as business development director, Torsten Dueing as head of ETC structuring, and Himanshi Rastogi as director of marketing.

Chen joins from Krane Fuds Advisors where he worked as executive director; Dueing was at Nomura where he was responsible for the development and product management of index-linked quantitative strategies; while Rastogi used to work for Aviva Investors as global lead for institutional marketing.

Brown Shipley

Mark Flynn will take on the role of managing director and head of Scotland at the private bank from June 2022.

He will join from Barclays Private Bank where he is head of private banking for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Rathbone Greenbank Investments

Rathbone Investment Management’s ESG arm has made three hires.

Christophe Borysiewicz and Jonathan Moon will become investment directors, while Stephanie Sotiriou will be an assistant investment manager.

Borysiewicz joined the firm in 2021 from Epworth Investment Management, while Moon was previously at Sanlam Private Office. Sotiriou joins from Tam Asset Management where she was responsible for managing ethical portfolios.

Kleinwort Hambros

The wealth firm has made three senior hires in its Gibraltar client relationship management team.

Joe Bautista and David Isted have taken on the roles of private bankers while Carlos Ibanez becomes head of fixed income.

They all join from J Safra Sarasin.

City of London Police

The City of London Police’s insurance fraud enforcement department has promoted Tom Hill to head of the unit.

He was previously detective chief inspector and has been with the force for over 15 years.