Brooks Macdonald
The wealth manager has hired Sarah Ackland as global head of distribution.
Ackland joins from Liontrust, where she was head of multi-asset business.
Premier Miton Investors
Jonathan Willcocks has been appointed as global head of distribution at the investment firm.
Willcocks was most recently at M&G, where he spent 17 years, including as global head of distribution.
Lombard Odier
The private banking group has named Ivan Basa as managing director of its Spanish operation.
Basa is currently senior vice president of Lombard Odier’s Madrid office.
He succeeds José Couret, who will remain within the group as senior banker and adviser.
Prudential
The financial services company has hired Don Guo as group chief investment officer.
He joins Prudential from Catalina Holdings, where he was chief investment officer for Asia and Europe.
Progeny
The financial services provider has named Stewart Cape as head of corporate development.
In his new remit, Cape will take responsibility for informing and driving the acquisition activity of the business in line with Progeny’s strategic objectives for development and growth.
Cape spent 12 years at KPMG, where he led the financial services M&A practice for its northern corporate finance business.
Stonehage Fleming
The family office has appointed Stefan Flachsmann as group head of financial services.
He joins from UBS, where he was head of asset servicing Europe.
Generali Investments
Edi Aumiller has joined the firm as head of sales for Switzerland and Etienne de Boni joins the team as sales manager for Switzerland.
Aumiller was sales director at Franklin Templeton, while de Bonie previously worked at Franklin Templeton Switzerland as institutional client account manager.
Penfold
The pension provider has hired Steve Ayers as head of business development, according to his Linkedin profile.
Ayers was previously regional director at Quilter Financial Advisers.
