Tilney CIO Chris Godding departs following merger

Part of a wider restructure

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Tilney chief investment officer Chris Godding has left the firm just over a month after the £44bn merger with Smith & Williamson.

Tilney said that executive accountability for the "investment philosophy and process" of the combined group will sit within the investment management function, which will be headed up by chief investment management director John Erskine. The move forms part of a wider restructure following the merger of the two companies in September. "As a result of this and the integration of the Tilney central investment team into the investment management structure, Chris Godding, Tilney's chief investment officer, will be leaving the business at the end of November following a handover period," a...

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