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Morley Boosts European Business Development
Morley, the UK-based asset management business of the Aviva insurance group, has appointed Spiro Andreadakis and Laura Suárez Pajares to its European Business Development team, as head of European sales administration and Spanish client operations manager respectively. Mr Andreadakis, who has over 20 years of fund management experience at both UBS and Fidelity, will oversee European distribution activities in Morley's European offices - Milan, Madrid and Frankfurt – and coordinate local client operations and sales administration, as well as Morley's interaction with Aviva Funds Services in Luxembourg. He reports to Adam Lessing, head of Morley's European business development. Ms Suárez Pajares, who has worked for Franklin Templeton Investments, Bancoval and Bank of New York, will be responsible for managing operations in Morley's Spanish office and developing sales and service systems. She reports to William Pawson, Morley's director general in Spain. Morley had assets under management totalling £169 billion ($340 billion) as at 30 April 2007. It manages both institutional and retail funds and also acts as investment manager for a range of retail investment funds, marketed in the UK under the Norwich Union brand and in Europe under the Morley name.