Artemis adds MacPherson to distribution team

Former UK investor relations manager at Comgest

Artemis Investment Management has hired Iain MacPherson as a sales director within its London-based distribution team.

MacPherson, who joins in March from Comgest, will report to Artemis' head of intermediary sales Adam Gent. Since April 2018, MacPherson has been responsible for intermediary sales for Comgest in London, Dublin and the Channel Islands in both the wholesale advisory and discretionary markets. Prior to Comgest, he held various sales roles at Standard Life Investments, which he joined in 2009 as a graduate trainee. MacPherson's appointment follows significant personnel changes within Artemis' distribution team, with the 2020 departures of head of discretionary sales Tom Underhill, head...