Bayerische Versorgungskammer, BVI, DVFA, Willis Towers Watson, Vivat, THEAM, Bouwinvest, Kames Capital, Barnett Waddingham

Bayerische Versorgungskammer – Reinhold Weger has been named head of fixed income at the €65bn pension fund, Germany’s largest. Weger, in charge of the fund’s equity investments, succeeds Constantin Echter, who is set to join insurer Münchener Verein as head of asset management.

BVI – Tobias Pross has been elected president of the German Investment Funds Association and will succeed Holger Naumann, a member of the board of Deutsche Asset Management, from the beginning of next month. Pross, who has been part of BVI’s management board since 2011, is head of EMEA at Allianz Global Investors.

DVFA – Stefan Bielmeier has been re-elected managing director of the German association of investment consultants. Currently chief economist at DZ Bank, he joined the association’s board in 2010 and was first elected managing director in 2012.

Willis Tower Watson – Rolf Kooijman has joined the board of the Towers Watson PPI, succeeding Jan Kloet, who is to retire. During the past two years, Kooijman – a professional supervisor – has taken a sabbatical. Between 2009 and 2013, he was CFO and a member of the management board at custodian KAS Bank. He has also been financial director at insurer Delta Lloyd.

Vivat – Dutch insurer Vivat has appointed Hans Visser as general manager for pensions. He will be responsible for pensions at Vivat’s subsidiary Zwitserleven, succeeding Seada van den Herik, who stepped down in October. Visser joins from Vanbreda Risk & Benefits, where he was commercial director.

THEAM – The BNP Paribas Investment Partners subsidiary specialising in capital-protected, indexed and model-driven management has appointed Isabelle Bourcier as head of ETF and indexed fund activities. Between February 2011 and November 2015, she was head of business development at Ossiam, a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management specialising in smart-beta ETFs. 

Bouwinvest – Frank Nijs has been tasked with acquisition at the new Healthcare Fund of Dutch property manager Bouwinvest. Nijs joins from Heeren Loo Zorggroep, where has been project developer responsible for portfolio management. Before then, he worked at the project development companies Kristal and Heijmans.

Kames Capital – David Ennett has been appointed to the high-yield team. He joins from Standard Life Investments, where he was head of European high yield.

Barnett Waddingham – Andy Greig, Simon Rusling and Stuart Harrison have been appointed partners at the UK consultancy. 

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