Omnis Investments appoints chief investment officer

Joins from Banque Transatlantique

Omnis Investments has appointed Robert Jeffree as chief investment officer at the firm, following the departure of Toni Meadows.

Jeffree joins from Banque Transatlantique, where he spent three years as CIO, having also served as CIO of C. Hoare & Co., which he joined from New Star Management. He began his career at HSBC Asset Management before spending seven years at McKinsey. Omnis switches Octopus for PineBridge on multi-manager suite Meadows departs the firm after three and a half years to "seek new challenges", following a period in which he oversaw assets under management grow by £4bn and add both funds and managers to the firm. Dominic Sheridan, CEO of Omnis Investments, said: "Robert brings substantia...