Wood-Smith joins Hawksmoor as head of research

Hawksmoor Investment Management has hired former Investec Wealth & Investment chief investment strategist Jim Wood-Smith.

Wood-Smith left his role at Investec in June, having joined the group following its takeover of Williams de Broe where he had been head of research and chief investment officer. He will take up his new role as head of research at Hawksmoor in January 2014. As part of its expansion plans, Hawksmoor has also hired Henry Rising, former investment director at Williams de Broe, and sales and marketing specialist Jill Gill who also worked at Investec and Williams de Broe. Rising left Williams de Broe earlier this year before the takeover by Investec Wealth and Investment and will join Wo...