AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Dominic Byrne as the new Head of Global Equities for AXA IM Core. According to the asset manager, Byrne will report to Jeroen Bos, Global Head of Equities, and will be based in London starting on September 16. This appointment follows recent hires in the team, including Stephanie Li, who will focus on Asian equities, and Koichiro Nanaumi, who will focus on Japanese equities.
In this role, Dominic Byrne will lead the global equities team to achieve its strategic objectives and manage several global equity portfolios at AXA IM, in collaboration with his team. With over 20 years of investment experience, he was previously deputy head of developed markets equities at abrdn and has been managing global equity portfolios since 2009, recently focusing on sustainability. From 2017 until his departure, he managed abrdn’s Global Equity Impact Strategy fund, which was designed to invest in companies with a clear social or environmental impact.
Commenting on this appointment, Jeroen Bos, Global Head of Equities at AXA IM, said: “Equity investing remains of strategic importance at AXA IM, and we are very pleased that Dominic is joining us to further accelerate our growth ambitions. I am confident that, with a larger and more experienced global equities team, we are well-positioned to deliver superior performance to clients and accelerate the growth of our business.”
For Gabriela Huerta