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Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Psigma, Sarasin & Partners, Liontrust, Others

Editorial Staff 13 September 2017

Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Psigma, Sarasin & Partners, Liontrust, Others

The latest moves in wealth management across the world.

Psigma
Psigma Investment Management has appointed Peter Seamer as an investment director, the firm said in a statement.

Seamer will report to managing director Darrell Mercer.

He joins from Arbuthnot Latham where he has worked for the past seven years. He has more than 15 years’ experience in the financial services sector.

Mason, Hayes & Curran
Law firm Mason, Hayes & Curran has appointed Barry Walsh and Ronan Armstrong as partners, the firm said in a statement.

Walsh advises institutional and private clients on a wide range of domestic and cross border finance transactions including secured and unsecured lending, property finance and project finance, with a focus on projects in the renewable energy sector. He also has experience in dealing with multi-jurisdictional finance transactions and regularly advises foreign corporates and lenders on Irish banking and financial services law. He was previously a senior associate with the firm.

Armstrong, who is based in the firm's London office, has a wide range of experience advising financial institutions, funds, corporate clients and sponsors on corporate banking deals including restructurings and work-outs, with a particular focus on leveraged finance and funds lending.

Sarasin & Partners
Asset manager Sarasin & Partners has appointed Natasha Landell-Mills as partner, the firm said in a statement.

Landell-Mills is head of stewardship at the firm and is responsible for overseeing the the intergration of environment, social and governance (ESG) into the investment process. She is also a member of Sarasin's investment strategies group.

She joined Sarasin in 2013. Landell-Mills has 15 years' experience in long-term responsible investment sector, and also spent a number of years working on sustainable development issues in Asia, Africa and Latin America. 

Zwei Wealth Partners
Advisory firm Zwei Wealth Partners has appointed Meir Baron, Amir Eshel and Ori Sharoni to lead team representation in Israel, the firm said in a statement.

Baron has joined from UBS Wealth Management Israel, where he worked for six years as executive director in the acquisition and marketing and member of the management committee and board of directors. 

Eshel has over 35 years experience in the financial and asset management industry. He has held management positions at Clal Finance (Branch Ramat-Aviv) and served as chief executive of a family office, as well as an executive director at UBS in Israel.

Sharoni has 35 years of experience in the Israeli capital market. He was previously head of acquisition and marketing at BHI Switzerland.

Liontrust
Specialist fund management firm Liontrust has appointed Sophia Tickell as non-executive director to its board, it said in a statement.
 
Tickell, who will join the board on 1 October, subject to regulatory approval, is founding partner of healthcare, energy, climate change and finance think tank Meteos Limited.

She has more than 15 years of experience working with asset managers and corporate executives to improve their appreciation of societal expectations and environmental constraints.

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