St James’s Place has hired Kunal Oak as director of investment products, beginning this October.
Oak (pictured) joins SJP with 22 years of experience across investment management, insurance, and consulting. Most recently, Oak was director of investments at Aviva Wealth, responsible for investment strategy, propositions, governance and asset transitions.
Prior to this he held various positions at Aviva Investors including as head of product strategy and solutions. He started his career at Deloitte.
Oak will be responsible for building and maintaining SJP’s investment proposition through the design, development and review of new and existing investment products.
Tom Beal, group investment director, said: “I’m delighted that Kunal has decided to join SJP to help evolve and grow our investment product offering for our clients and partners. Kunal has a strong track record of delivering market leading products and his experience will be instrumental ensuring our investment proposition continues to deliver strong client outcomes.”
Oak added: “SJP is a fantastic business with a strong investment proposition. I’m looking forward to working with the investment team and our partners to strengthen the existing product offering and ensure our products meet the high standards SJP sets for clients.”
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