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UK Asset Manager Makes Senior Hire
Sandra Kilhof
23 July 2013
UK-based Stenham Asset Management has hired Damian
Brannan as a managing director, heading the firm’s plans for capability growth. Brannan has over 22 years’ investment experience and
will be a member of Stenham’s Investment Advisory Committee. Prior to joining Stenham, Brannan worked as head of hedge fund advisory for the UK and Asia, at
Union Bancaire Privee. Sean Melnick, chairman of Stenham Group, said that
Brannan “has been charged with broadening out Stenham’s asset management offering
as well as suitably augmenting its business development capabilities”. Brannan will work closely with chief investment
officer Kevin Arenson and Dominique Montier, senior executive, allowing the
latter to focus exclusively on investment management and risk control. As
managing director his responsibilities will include providing strong returns
with a focus on mitigating investment and operational risks, the firm said. Stenham Asset
Management has clients located primarily in the UK, the Channel Islands,
the Caribbean, Europe, South Africa, Latin America, Japan, Asia-Pacific and the
Middle East. The firm had $2.1 billion in total assets as of February
2013.