Now Pensions, Schneider Electric, SEI, Credit Suisse, Syntrus Achmea, INREV, Milestone Group, BNP Paribas

Schneider Electric – Jerry Gandhi, former COO at the UK’s Now Pensions, has been hired by French energy firm Schneider Electric to oversee its UK and Irish pension activities. Gandhi, who stood down as Now’s COO last summer, will now be in charge of the Invensys Pension Scheme, he told IPE. Prior to joining Now in 2011, Gandhi was group pensions director at RSA Insurance Group and in 1999 founded consultancy CAP Services. He also spent nearly a decade at Inchcape as group pensions director.

SEI – Paul Nevin has been appointed director in SEI’s institutional group, based in London. He will be responsible for servicing defined benefit clients in the UK. He joins from Credit Suisse, where he was managing director of Structured Solutions. Before then, he worked at Towers Watson as a senior investment consultant.

Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance – Casper Hesp has been appointed head of the portfolio management team. He joins from the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV), where he worked for seven years and was director of research and market information for the past two years. He will focus on client portfolio management, institutional client relationships and business development.

Milestone Group – Enrique Gonzalez has been appointed as head of product management for the APAC region. He joins from BNP Paribas, where he helped develop and expand the bank’s global custody offering. Before then, he held senior positions at JP Morgan, Citibank, Chase Manhattan Bank, State Street and Westpac Financial Services.

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