GAM Investments has appointed Jill Barber as Global Head of Institutional Solutions. Barber will report directly to Group Chief Executive Officer Peter Sanderson and will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team. She will join the firm on 1 November.In this newly created global role, Barber will be responsible for strengthening the firm’s client proposition for institutions. She will partner with Jeremy Roberts, who joined the firm on 1 September as Global Head of Distribution with a focus on wholesale clients, and together they will lead GAM’s sales and distribution efforts.
Barber brings 25 years’ experience in sales, business development, client relationship management and consultant relations. She joins GAM from Jupiter Asset Management, where she was Global Head of Institutional. Prior to that, Barber was Head of Institutional for the UK and Ireland at Franklin Templeton Investments and she has also held senior distribution roles at Hermes and Fidelity Worldwide Investment.
Peter Sanderson, Group CEO at GAM, says: “Jill has an excellent reputation across the industry, in-depth knowledge of the institutional market and demonstrable success in delivering solutions for clients. She is well-respected for her client focus and will be a valuable addition to the team as we look to expand our proposition for institutional clients and to provide the investment leadership, innovation and sustainable thinking required to meet their needs.”
Barber says: “GAM has an excellent range of actively managed differentiated products across asset classes, as well as some of the brightest minds from across the industry; a powerful combination enabling us to offer institutional clients solutions to address their investment requirements. I’m really excited to join the firm and I am looking forward to contributing to its future growth.”
