The latest moves and appointments for wealth management roles in the UK, other parts of Europe, the Middle East and select international locations.

Premier Miton Investors

London-based Premier Miton Investors has appointed Aditya Khowala (pictured) as head of global equities, a hire to strengthen the leadership, risk management and investment oversight of the firm’s global equity platform, it said in a statement this week.

He succeeds Neil Birrell, chief investment officer, who has been in the post ad interim alongside his wider CIO responsibilities. Birrell returns to his CIO role, including the development and oversight of the group’s diversified fund range.

Khowala has more than 25 years of global equity investment experience, including more than two decades at Fidelity International. Most recently, he was lead manager of the Fidelity American Growth Fund and Fidelity Active Strategy US Fund, where he developed a strong long-term track record investing across market cycles.

Khowala, who will work with Birrell and the wider investment leadership team, will have overall responsibility for the oversight and development of Premier Miton’s regional and global equity strategies. His remit will include risk management, portfolio construction discipline and the quality and consistency of investment decision?making across the platform. Khowala will also join Premier Miton’s US equity team, co-managing the Premier Miton US Opportunities Fund and Premier Miton US Smaller Companies Fund alongside Hugh Grieves and Alex Knox.

“This is an important appointment for the business and reflects our continued investment in the strength, governance and leadership of our Global Equities platform,” Mike O’Shea, chief executive officer of Premier Miton Investors, said. “Aditya brings deep experience from a high-quality institutional environment, a long-term investment mindset and a strong focus on risk discipline. His appointment enhances the structure supporting our investment teams and underlines our commitment to providing clients with well?resourced, clearly governed and resilient equity strategies.”