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

Vanguard

Vanguard, the US-headquartered asset management giant, has appointed Matthew Haigh (pictured) as head of advisor sales, UK following the retirement of Tania Allerton earlier this year.

Haigh, who will lead the team responsible for developing Vanguard’s relationships with UK financial advisors, will report to Gillian Hepburn (pictured below), who has taken on the expanded role of head of UK adviser solutions and sales.

Gillian Hepburn

Since Haigh joined Vanguard in 2014, he has worked across advisor and wholesale client teams and held senior sales and relationship positions working with advisors, wealth managers, platforms and institutional clients across the UK. He has also served as a strategic leader on ETF initiatives, helping to shape industry engagement on accelerating adoption including initiatives to support education, improve platform integration and convene senior stakeholders across the ETF ecosystem.

“As a Vanguard stalwart, Matt has spent more than a decade working with financial advisors and intermediaries across the UK,” Hepburn said. “He brings a deep understanding of the challenges advisors and their clients face, and we’re delighted to see him step into the role.”

Vanguard works with more than 5,000 advisor firms and intermediaries in the UK, who entrust circa £180 billion ($244.69 billion) to Vanguard’s mutual funds, multi-asset solutions, model portfolio services and ETFs.

Ostrum Asset Management

Paris-headquartered tag|Ostrum Asset Management">Ostrum Asset Management, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has appointed Maud Pierre-Minuit (pictured below) as head of sustainable transitions. She succeeds Nathalie Beauvoir, who will remain involved within the team by refocusing on her core technical and research expertise as a senior ESG strategist.

Maud Pierre-Minuit

Pierre-Minuit will be responsible for coordinating the work of the team's eight experts and strategists to ensure the roll-out of its ESG strategy, while developing new thematic ranges in coordination with the investment management teams. She will also support institutional clients in taking climate and biodiversity issues into account, thereby affirming Ostrum AM's role as a committed partner within the European financial market, the firm said in a statement.

Pierre-Minuit has more than 20 years of experience in asset management for French and European clients. She spent a significant portion of her career at Groupama AM, where she served as fund manager and then head of fixed income and currency management. She joined La Française AM, consolidating her technical expertise in total return and multi-asset class management before moving into sustainability consulting. In 2023, she joined the consulting firm I Care by BearingPoint as senior manager.

Pierre-Minuit holds a postgraduate degree in financial strategies and collective savings from the University of Poitiers; she also obtained the EFFAS (CESGA) certification as an extra-financial analyst in 2023.

"Asset management is at the forefront of the environmental and social transformations our clients are facing,” Olivier Houix, chief executive officer of Ostrum AM, said. “With her experience in multi-asset class management and her in-depth knowledge of sustainability issues, Maud will be a valuable asset in confirming Ostrum AM's position as a committed partner in the transition process and further strengthening our responsible investment strategy."

Taylor Wessing

London-headquartered Taylor Wessing has appointed Ahoud Al Marzooqi (pictured below) to join its private wealth team in Dubai.

Ahoud Al Marzooqi

Al Marzooqi, who is joining as an Emirati legal professional at the early stages of her career, has a strong academic foundation and is committed to developing within the private wealth space. She will be supporting the team across a range of matters, assisting with research, drafting and client coordination. Al Marzooqi’s hire reflects the firm’s commitment to building a team aligned with and sensitive to local culture and the increasing prominence of women in family offices and businesses, it said in a statement.

In other news about Taylor Wessing, it recently merged with US law firm Winston & Strawn to create Winston Taylor, a transatlantic law firm with a total of more than 1,400 lawyers.