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Martin Currie Creates New Board-Level Appointment

UK-listed equity fund manager Martin Currie has appointed Jeremy Hill to the newly-created role of general counsel – a role in which he will have overall responsibility for the firm's legal, risk and compliance functions, reporting to chief executive Willie Watt.
In his new role Hill will be a member of the firm's executive committee and will also be nominated for a place on the firm’s board.
Hill joins from the Universities Superannuation Scheme, where he had served as general counsel since 2009. Before that he worked for the London Stock Exchange, Mercury Asset Management (predecessor of BlackRock) and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. His experience also includes investment management in the UK and internationally, fund manufacturing and distribution in various jurisdictions, and hedge funds, public and private equity and infrastructure, the firm said in a statement.
“To underline how central corporate governance is to our business, we have created a new board-level role and recruited a highly experienced general counsel. Having worked for both fund managers and a large institutional investor, Jeremy brings a great breadth and depth of experience to this new role and will be a valuable addition to our team," said Watt.