The latest moves in wealth management across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

BlueBay Asset Management
BlueBay Asset Management has appointed Sid Chhabra to the newly created role of head of structured credit and collateralised loan obligations.

Based in London, Chhabra will report to Mark Dowding and Stephen Thariyan, co-heads of developed markets, and will lead the initiative to establish and manage a new range of BlueBay global structured credit and ABS strategies.

Chhabra has more than 15 years of structured credit and CLO experience; most recently he spent seven years as a London-based managing director at Anchorage Capital Europe. 

BNP Paribas Asset Management
BNP Paribas Asset Management has appointed Fabien Madar as co-head of distribution Europe covering Southern Europe within its global client group.

Madar will report to Sandro Pierri, global head of client group.  He will join BNPP AM in July and will be based in Paris. He was most recently general manager and head of institutional business in Europe for Pioneer Investments’ French business prior to its acquisition by Amundi.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has appointed Victor Rozental as sales director Nordics, based in Stockholm, effective 25 June. 

He will be responsible for promoting Columbia Threadneedle’s range of funds and capabilities to wholesale clients in the Nordics region. He will work closely with Ulrik Oxfeldt, who heads up Nordic distribution for institutional clients. Victor will report to Gary Collins, Columbia Threadneedle’s Head of wholesale distribution, EMEA and Latin America. 

Rozental joins from Schroders Investment Management, where he spent eight years and where his latest position was client director for the Swedish Institutional and Intermediary markets. 

Degroof Petercam
A former chief executive of French supermarket group Carrefour, Georges Plassat, has joined Belgian private bank Degroof Petercam as a senior advisor, a report said.

This publication has contacted the bank to confirm the report from Reuters, which had cited an official spokesperson.

“Georges Plassat will bring his in-depth knowledge of the retail sector. This nomination is in line with the strategy of Degroof Petercam to become an independent leader in investment banking in Europe,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying. Plassat left his Carrefour post in July last year.

JP Morgan Asset Management
JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed Rob O’Rahilly as global co-head of asset management solutions. 

He reports to Chris Willcox, chief executive of JPMAM, and is based in London. O’Rahilly replaces former global co-head of solutions Jed Laskowitz, who has transitioned to the role of CEO, intelligent digital solutions. 

Mike O’Brien continues as global co-head of solutions alongside O’Rahilly, having relocated from London to New York. O’Rahilly and O’Brien will, together, oversee business development and solutions design. Patrick Thomson, head of international institutional at JPMAM, succeeds O’Brien as EMEA chief executive of the organisation.  

O’Rahilly has spent more than 20 years at JPMorgan Chase. Most recently, he was chief investment officer for EMEA and Asia, with responsibility for investment portfolio strategy, asset allocation and origination of the company's structural investment portfolio (ex-US) of more than $130 billion and managed a team of 60 investment professionals in more than 10 locations.