GAM announced the appointment of Jill Barber for the newly-created role of as Global Head of Institutional Solutions. In its quarterly results, the firm revealed that she will join them on 2 November 2020 and will partner with Jeremy Roberts, Global Head of Distribution, to lead sales and distribution.
Hiring Barber has to do with GAM’s intention to focus on growth and cross-selling opportunities between investment management and private labelling. The firm pointed out that further simplification of the business will also bring additional opportunities for efficiency gains in 2021 and 2022.
“The growth pillar of our strategy is progressing well with high levels of client interaction and a strong pipeline of growth opportunities. To support these efforts, we have hired Jill Barber to partner with Jeremy Roberts and lead sales and distribution, focusing on institutional and wholesale clients respectively. We are also seeing encouraging signs of success from collaboration between private labelling and investment management using capabilities from across the firm”, said GAM in its statement.
Before her appointment, Barber was global head of institutional at Jupiter AM for three years, prior to which she worked at Franklin Templeton Investments. Peter Sanderson, group chief executive at GAM, pointed out that she has “an excellent reputation across the industry, in-depth knowledge of the institutional market and demonstrable success in delivering solutions for clients”.
The asset manager also revealed that they will announce shortly a new appointment of the Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment, who will lead the sustainable investment strategy and strengthen their client ESG proposition.
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