AP3, Pension Protection Fund, Aviva Staff Pension Scheme, Arabesque Partners, UN Global Compact, M&G Investments, Impax Asset Management, AXA IM, Independent Trustee Services, Mercer, Aon, AMP Capital

AP3 – Mårten Lindeborg has been named the Swedish buffer fund’s deputy managing director and CIO, replacing outgoing CIO Kerim Kaskal. Lindeborg has been with AP3 since 2009, first as head of strategic asset allocation and more recently as head of asset allocation.

Pension Protection Fund – Trevor Welsh has been named the UK lifeboat fund’s inaugural head of liability driven investments (LDI). He joins from the Aviva Staff Pension Scheme, where he was head of UK sovereign and LDI, and has also worked at Aviva Investors and UBS. 

Arabesque Partners – Georg Kell has been appointed Arabesque’s vice-chairman. Kell has spent the last 15 years as executive director of the UN Global Compact and oversaw the launch of the Principles for Responsible Investment and UN initiatives on responsible management education and sustainable stock exchanges.

M&G Investments – Ominder Dhillon has been named global head of institutional distribution. Reporting to chief executive of fixed income Simon Pilcher, Ominder will oversee distribution for all asset classes. He joins from Impax Asset Management, where he was managing director of global business development, and has worked at Fidelity International and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.

AXA Investment Managers – Laurent Clavel has joined the manager as senior international economist. Working within AXA IM’s research and investment strategy team, Clavel will be based in Paris. He began his career at INSEE, France’s national statistics authority, and was most recently head of its forecasting unit. Clavel has also worked at the French finance ministry and as economic adviser to the French embassy in Sweden.

Independent Trustee Services – Janine Wood has been appointed client director based in Manchester, joining from Mercer. Wood spent 20 years at the consultancy and was most recently principal consultant and scheme actuary.

Aon – James Monk and Gisele de Werra have joined the consultancy’s DC investment team. Monk joins from P-Solve Investment as senior DC investment consultant, while de Werra was previously a European government bond broker at BGC Partners.

AMP Capital – Antonio Barbera has joined the company’s London offices as portfolio manager within its global listed infrastructure team. Barbera joins from Kalis Capital, where he was portfolio manager and co-founded one of the company’s equity funds.

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