Henderson Global Investors has announced the appointment of John Harrison to the position of Director, Multi-Asset. John joins in August and will be responsible for representing the multi-asset team in the retail and institutional channels. He will work closely with the team to expand the existing business and broaden its geographical footprint.
Bill McQuaker, co-head of multi-asset adds, “John’s blend of investment and client management skills is a great addition to the team. Most recently John’s experience has been in managing clients relationships in the multi-asset and advisory market. In addition to the wealth of investment experience he has built during his career, this will be of enormous benefit to us.”
John has considerable knowledge of asset allocation-led investment strategies and experience in developing a global multi-asset platform. He joins Henderson in August from AllenbridgeEpic where he acted as a senior adviser to four local government pension schemes with combined assets in excess of £8bn. Prior to this he worked at UBS for 16 years’ latterly as UK chief investment officer & head of UK institutional advisory solutions.
The multi-asset team run a total of £6.3bn (US$10.3bn) as at 30th April 2014.