Lombard Odier appoints head of European third-party distribution

Spent 30 years at UBS AM

Lombard Odier Investment Managers has appointed Martin Thommen to the newly-created role of head of third-party distribution for Europe, starting on 1 June 2017.

Thommen joins from UBS Asset Management where he spent 30 years at the firm in a variety of roles including head of wealth management and personal banking distribution Switzerland and third party distribution. Based in Zurich, Thommen will report to Carolina Minio-Paluello, global head of sales and solutions at Lombard Odier. The appointment comes five months after the firm hired Amundi's UK head of distribution Jerry Devlin as head of UK third-party distribution. Minio-Paluello said: "At Lombard Odier IM we seek to re-evaluate and rethink the world around us and have built an inno...