People Moves
Investment Manager Hires New COO, President
The new hire has joined the firm from Vontobel Asset Management.
US- and UK-based investment manager Epoch
Investment Partners has appointed Philipp Hensler
as president and chief operating officer.
Timothy Taussig, co-founder and current president and COO,
will retire at the end of the year, it said in a statement.
Hensler was most recently the president and chief executive of
Vontobel Asset Management. Prior to Vontobel, he was the
head of distribution for OppenheimerFunds. He spent over a decade
at Deutsche Asset Management / DWS, where he held numerous
leadership roles in the US and Switzerland.
“I look forward to partnering with Philipp as we lead Epoch
together in the next phase of our evolution,” said William
Priest, Epoch co-founder, CEO and co-chief investment
officer.
Epoch is a global asset management firm that provides US,
non-US, and global equity strategies for institutional and
intermediary clients. Epoch, which was formed in 2004,
has over 110 employees and £34 billion ($45 billion) in
assets under management.
