Published by Wealth Briefing Asia – 15th December 2016
Aberdeen Asset Management has recruited John Campbell as global head of strategic clients and Jeff Klepacki as head of distribution for the Americas, while Antony John and Richard Pursglove join on a consultancy basis.
Campbell was previously business head of global services, UK, Middle East and Africa at State Street. Klepacki was previously a director at Capital Group, while John formerly served as chief executive of BNP Paribas Investment Partners/FundQuest. Pursglove has served as head of retail at Artemis Investment Management among other senior distribution roles, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Campbell spent 16 years in various roles at State Street and was also chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise, the representative body for Scotland’s financial services industry. His new role focuses Aberdeen’s largest clients.
Klepacki has a 23-year leadership background in the financial services including his work at Capital Group, as well as Delaware Investments and Allianz Global Investors. In his new role, he will report to Bev Hendry, co-head of the Americas, and Campbell Fleming, global head of distribution. He will lead Aberdeen’s distribution efforts in the Americas where the group already manages $65 billion in assets.
John and Pursglove will work with senior management to help drive forward Aberdeen’s distribution strategy.
“Aberdeen is one of the few global asset managers to offer such a comprehensive range of investment capabilities from equities and fixed income through to property, alternatives and multi-asset portfolios. We’ve got to map these to the specific needs of our clients. The whole team globally is going to be focused on doing this and these new appointments will really help those efforts,” said Fleming.
This publication is currently waiting for confirmation as to whether these are newly-created roles, and where the new hires will be based.
In March this year, Aberdeen launched a sub-advisory mandate for Bank of Montreal clients in Asia. Under the agreement, Aberdeen manages an Asia (excluding Japan) mandate for BMO’s Asian clients.
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