Allianz GI appoints M&G's Brown as UK distribution head

Tasked with leading firm's retail arm

David Brenchley
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Allianz Global Investors has poached ex-M&G Investments veteran Neil Brown as its head of UK distribution.

Allianz GI said Brown would be responsible for leading and developing the firm's wholesale, institutional, consultant relations and investment trust businesses in the UK. He will also help to head up the company's retail arm, it added. Brown had spent more than 20 years with M&G, most recently as head of UK wholesale and institutional sales. He had previously served as director for global retail sales management for seven years and director of UK discretionary sales for almost five years. Gent joins Artemis as intermediated business head Allianz GI's head of EMEA Barbara Rupf-Be...

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