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Fidelity International Hires CEO

The new CEO will start in December, joining from M&G Investments.
Global investment firm Fidelity
International has appointed Anne Richards as chief
executive.
Richards will join Fidelity International in December and report
to Abigail Johnson, chairman.
She is currently CEO of M&G Investments. Richards has 26
years’ experience in the asset management industry. She chairs
the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s practitioner panel and is a
member of the US-based Board of Leaders of 2020 Women on Boards,
which works to increase the proportion of women on corporate
boards.
“Anne will assume responsibility for Fidelity International at an
important time in its near-50 year history. Our ambitions to
broaden and deepen our relationship with our clients; innovate in
product development and solutions design; and to continue to
develop our investment platform and Workplace Investing
businesses have never been greater,” said Johnson. “I am very
confident in Anne’s abilities to lead the company in this
exciting period of future development and growth.”
Fidelity International offers investment solutions and retirement
expertise. It invests £235.1 billion ($303 billion) globally
on behalf of clients in 26 countries across Asia-Pacific, Europe,
the Middle East, and South America. Its clients range from
central banks, sovereign wealth funds, large corporates,
financial institutions, insurers and wealth managers, to private
individuals.