Unigestion has announced the appointment of Frances Smyth as Director, Institutional Clients, United Kingdom.
Frances Smyth has more than 16 years experience working in the UK institutional market in both business development and research capacities most recently, at AllianceBernstein, where she was Director, Client Relations, responsible for the sales of the company’s institutional investment products and client service, and previously with ITG Europe, Mercer Investment Consulting, and McKinsey & Co.
Working with Unigestion’s established London team, Frances Smyth will be responsible for business development and managing client relationships with institutional investors in the company’s Minimum Variance Equities, Funds of Hedge Funds and Funds of Private Equity Funds investments.
Commenting on the appointment of Frances Smyth, Tom Leavitt, Managing Director and Head of Institutional Clients, said:
“Frances brings what UK investors demand, a strong understanding of their investment needs. We are very pleased to have such a senior person join our team.”
Source: Unigestion. Read full Press Release here.
