Oberon Investments appoints chair and head of investments

Mike Cuthbert and Phil Smeaton

Oberon Investments has appointed Mike Cuthbert as chair and hired Phil Smeaton to join its investment management team as head of investments.

Cuthbert will succeed Alex Hambro, who stepped back on Monday (20 March) but remains a non-executive director, the group said in a London Stock Exchange notice today (21 March). His experience of nearly 40 years has focused on investment banking, most recently as co-head of financials at Zeus Capital. He has also been active in advising management and boards of asset and wealth management companies. Oberon Investments bolsters investment team Oberon Group CEO Simon McGivern said: "The board welcomes Mike to the Oberon chairman role and believes that his skills, experience and capab...