The latest moves and appointments in wealth management in the UK, the rest of Europe, the Middle East and other select locations.

Capital Group
Capital Group has appointed Katharine Dryer as equity lead, Europe and Asia client group.

Dryer (pictured) will focus on expanding the firm’s equity distribution strategy and product development to provide a better service to institutional and intermediary clients across Europe and Asia. Based in London, she will report to Alexandra Haggard, head of asset class services, Europe and Asia client group.

This news follows the recent appointment of Scott Steele as fixed income lead, Europe and Asia client group.

These newly created roles are part of the firm’s strategic drive to increase its footprint in Europe and Asia by enhancing its distribution capabilities for equities and fixed income products in both regions.

Dryer has more than 25 years of industry experience. She was most recently deputy CIO at Jupiter Asset Management where she worked in a number of key roles for nearly10 years. Prior to that, she looked after multi-asset client strategy and held various senior positions at BlackRock. In addition, her past experience includes Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Deutsche Asset Management.

Andy Budden, investment director, said: “We are delighted to welcome Katharine to Capital Group. Working alongside the team, she will play a crucial role in building out and executing our equity commercialisation strategy across Europe and Asia. With her deep distribution and investment expertise, she will be pivotal in helping our clients build more resilient and diversified portfolios as we continuously expand our active equity strategies across Europe and Asia.”

AXA IM
AXA IM has appointed Olivier Paquier as global head of ETF Sales, effective immediately.

To fulfill his remit, Paquier will be supported by an ETF business manager and nine salespeople worldwide whose expertise covers selling the AXA IM product range with ETF instruments. He reports to Nicolas-Louis Guille-Biel, global head of ETF & Product Strategy.

Paquier has extensive experience in ETF sales from State Street as head of SPDR ETF distribution in France, Monaco, Spain and Portugal. Prior to State Street, he worked at JP Morgan Asset Management where he built their active ETF business in EMEA

Commenting on the arrival of Paquier and the growing ETF platform, Hans Stoter, global head of AXA IM Core, said: “We have adopted an entrepreneurial spirit to develop our ETF platform and deliver the project in-house, leveraging our internal capabilities with people from different teams, as well as additional skills with external recruitments to continuously strengthen our ETF community. We have now reinforced our ETF distribution value chain and are delighted to welcome Olivier, one of the most recognised ETF professionals in the industry.”

Brooks Macdonald
Brooks Macdonald Group has named James Rawlingson as non-executive director, effective 2 March. In due course and subject to regulatory approval, Rawlingson will become chairman of the audit committee.

Rawlingson currently serves as chairman of the audit and risk committee at Citibank UK, chairman of the audit and risk assurance committee at the Foreign Office’s executive agency Wilton Park, and chairman of the board at Novai Ltd. In his executive career James has held senior positions at Coutts, UBS Wealth, Charles Stanley plc and Arix Bioscience plc.