PEOPLE MOVES: Prudential, London & Capital, IQ-EQ

Financial services giant names group CEO, as wealth manager bolsters US family office team

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Prudential

The financial services giant has hired Anil Wadhwani as group chief executive.

He will join from Manulife, where he was president and chief executive of Manulife Asia.

Wadhwani will assume the role on 25 February 2023. Mark FitzPatrick, interim group chief executive, will continue to lead the business and will support Wadhwani in his transition.

London & Capital

The wealth manager has named Tom Sheridan as senior adviser in its US family office team.

Sheridan was previously chief executive of Seven Investment Management (7IM) until he retired in 2019.

IQ-EQ

The financial services provider has named Sanaa Hira as sustainability manager.

Prior to joining IQ-EQ, Hira spent seven years at an unnamed independent asset management company, where she held information analysis and consulting roles.

Artemis Investment Management

Adrian Brass will be joining the Artemis US equities team in July 2022 to be the lead manager of the Artemis US Extended Alpha Fund.

He will be joined by James Dudgeon, who will be a co-manager on the fund and will contribute to idea generation across all of Artemis’ US equity strategies.

Will Warren will also be a co-manager of the Extended Alpha Fund and remain lead manager of the Artemis US Absolute Return Fund. He will also continue to head the US team’s technology sector research.

Brass was most recently the lead manager of the Majedie US Equity Fund and co-manager of the Global Equity and Global Focus funds, which were launched in 2014.

Dudgeon worked as a co-manager on Majedie’s US equity team alongside Brass.

River and Mercantile

The equities and infrastructure investment specialist has appointed James Sym as head of equities.

Sym joined R&M from Schroders in 2020 to establish the business’s European Equities operation.

He currently manages the ES River and Mercantile European Fund.