JO Hambro CEO exits following leadership restructure by parent Perpetual
Alexandra Altinger has headed up the company’s Europe and UK (EUKA) business for the past four years and will step down from her role at the end of August.
Altinger has headed up the company's Europe and UK business for the past four years and will step down from her role at the end of August.
The division will continue to be managed by its executive committee, which will be supported by Clare Forster, who has been appointed as global head of business management and strategic delivery.
Forster, who has previously held roles at Janus Henderson, GAM and Jupiter, will lead the JOHCM executive committee, pending regulatory and board approval.
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She will also be responsible for coordination, prioritisation and delivery of business activities within asset management to ensure effective strategic execution.
The changes come as Perpetual, JOHCM's owner, has announced the creation of a new global asset management leadership team, which follows a seven-month period of integration and delivery of a refreshed group strategy.
According to the group, the new direction «focuses on simplification across all businesses, while unlocking the benefits of a global multi-boutique model and a global distribution team in asset management».
The current regional asset management businesses will come together to form one global division led by a newly created role of chief executive, asset management.
Rob Adams, who has been CEO and MD of Perpetual for five years, will assume the position to take on the dual role of CEO and chief executive, asset management.
To support him, two new roles have been created to join the asset management leadership team, one of which being
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