People Moves
BMO Global Asset Management Bolsters European Operations
The new hire has joined the firm from BNP Paribas Asset Management.
BMO
Global Asset Management has appointed Rogier van
Harten to the newly created role of head of institutional
distribution & client management for Continental Europe.
Based in the Netherlands, van Harten is responsible for managing
the client management and distribution teams across Continental
Europe, excluding Germany, the firm said in a statement.
As part of his role, He has joined the EMEA client
management leadership team and the board of BMO Global Asset
Management Netherlands. van Harten joined the business on 1
September, and he reports to Mandy Mannix, head of
client management EMEA at BMO Global Asset Management.
van Harten has joined BMO Global Asset Management from
BNP Paribas Asset Management, where he was head of institutional
clients Continental Europe, ex. France, Belgium and Italy.
Prior to this, he was the head of institutional clients
Netherlands at BNP Paribas Asset Management and was previously a
member of the management team in Amsterdam.
“We welcome Rogier to BMO Global Asset Management. In this newly
created position we believe we now have the team to further
expand our presence across Europe," said Mannix. "Rogier’s
considerable experience in institutional markets puts us in an
even stronger position to cater to the investment needs of our
clients as we drive growth in the region.”
Recently BMO Global Asset Management expanded its
European distribution teams with senior hires in sales and
relationship management, and opened offices in Madrid, Milan,
Munich, Paris and Stockholm as part of its ambition to grow the
business across EMEA.