Miller-Jones' experience spans a variety of sectors. Formerly at Royal Sun Alliance as UK director of HR, she served in senior HR roles at professional services firms KPMG UK and Brunswick, in the property sector as global head of HR at DTZ, and with Barclays Bank where she was head of HR, Barclays Group Centre.

“We are delighted that Susan is joining the Evelyn Partners leadership team at this significant stage in the development of the business, which is now focused solely on wealth management,” Paul Geddes, CEO of Evelyn Partners, said. “Susan is a great hire for us – she’s a seasoned and successful HR professional, with multi-sector experience and her energy and drive will be a real asset to the business."

Geddes also thanked the outgoing chief people officer, Benne Peto, who saw the business through a rapid period of growth and change, including the merger of Tilney and Smith & Williamson. Peto will be leaving the business in August after a handover to Miller-Jones.

RBC BlueBay Asset Management
has appointed Neil Godfrey as global head of client group to lead distribution, marketing and client experience teams within asset management. 

Godfrey will be succeeding Neal Brooks who has decided to step down after almost 30 years with M&G. Brooks has served in a number of senior leadership roles across the business, including distribution, business change, product and business development, and investments.

Joining on 16 June, Godfrey will report to Joseph Pinto, chief executive of M&G Investments.

With more than 24 years’ asset management experience, Godfrey previously worked at Barings (formerly Bason Capital) as global head of distribution leading product planning for distribution and client portfolio management, across public and private markets. He has over a decade’s experience designing and taking private asset strategies to market for institutional investors. Prior to this, Godfrey spent five years at Barclays Global Investors, where he was responsible for capital raising and distribution for corporate and financial institutional clients in the UK and EMEA.