Invesco Perpetual has bolstered its UK equities team with three new appointments.

Invesco Perpetual has bolstered its UK equities team with three new appointments.  

John Richards and Hilary Cook have joined as product directors on the UK equities team and Frederick Bouverat has been appointed as an equities investment analyst.

Richards and Cook will be responsible for communicating Investco Perpetual’s UK equities investment capabilities internally and externally, while Bouverat is responsible for unquoted investments.

Richards began his investment career in 1983 at Mercury Asset Management, where he became head of investment for UK institutions. He then co-founded and held the position of chief investment officer at Société Générale Asset Management UK in 1997, before leaving in 2007.  

Cook began her investment career in 1983 and worked at Scottish Provident, Wood MacKenzie, Robert Fleming and UBS. She moved to Barclays in 1991, where she was the head of research for Barclay’s Stockbrokers prior to becoming director of investment strategy for Barclays Wealth. Cook Joined Invesco Perpetual in 2011 and was previously product manager within the marketing department covering UK equities.  

Bouverat started his investment career in 2009 with Numis Securities in London, where he became an associate director in equity sales with a focus on technology and biotech companies.