Invesco Perpetual Names Four Hires For UK Sales Team

Radhika Badiani

11 July 2014

UK-based , the investment firm, has appointed four people to its sales team in the UK.

Jason Evans joins as head of financial institutions and Chris Lyes joins as head of regional sales, Invesco said in a statement.

Evans will lead a new financial institutions group charged with developing the firm’s relationships with asset managers, retail and private banks, wealth managers, family offices and national/networked advisors.

Lyes will lead a team of 30 individuals, dedicated to extending Invesco’s communication strategy with advisers across the country.

The duo will work alongside Chris Donnelly, head of life companies and James Rawson, head of platform distribution. Two further appointments to Invesco’s UK retail sales team are Gavin Ward as sales manager, London wealth and family offices, and Tristan Murphy as regional sales manager, North West.

Ward joins from Standard Life Investments and is set to join in October 2014.
Murphy joined Invesco Perpetual in July, having previously worked at Threadneedle.