The new hire is based in Dublin and is also deputy head of the operations, services and technology division.

European asset manager Amundi has appointed David Harte as chief executive of Amundi Ireland.

Harte, who is based in Dublin, is also the deputy head of the operations, services and technology division, reporting to Guillaume Lesage, and is a member of Amundi’s executive committee, it said in a statement.

Harte was formerly global chief operating officer of Pioneer Investments in Ireland. He has been working in the investments industry since 1989 and had been with Pioneer since 2003. Prior to Pioneer, he was COO at Bear Stearns Bank, Dublin. 

Amundi, based in Paris, manages more than €1.46 trillion ($1.71 trillion) of assets across six main investment hubs. Amundi offers its clients in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas, a range of capabilities across the active, passive and real assets investment universes.