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Katharine Dryer has been appointed at Capital Group in a new London-based role as equity lead, Europe and Asia client group. 

San Francisco-headquartered Capital Group, with assets under management of approximately 2.2 trillion dollars, said Dryer will focus on expanding the firm’s equity distribution strategy and product development roadmap to better serve institutional and intermediary clients across Europe and Asia. 

EFA, the asset services unit of Frankfurt-based management company Universal Investment, on Tuesday said it has strengthened its presence in the Nordic countries by appointing Pia Kumlin as country head. Kumlin joins from Swedbank and will be based in Stockholm.

Teodora Croitoru has joined Crestbridge as head of compliance, fund services, while Emmanuelle Poret has taken on the role of head of client onboarding, fund services & ManCo.

Jersey-headquartered funds services and solutions provider Ocorian has appointed Peter Corry as head of global funds in Luxembourg as it continues to strategically grow and enhance its service to international fund managers.

Senior private banker Alexandre Schmitz has left Degroof Petercam Luxembourg to join the Luxembourg operation of Lazard Frères Gestion, a French asset management firm which has offered wealth management services in Luxembourg since 2021.

Schmitz will join Lazare’s Luxembourg team as “director – senior private banker”.

“Alexandre’s arrival marks our desire to strengthen our presence in the local market,” said Julien Thibault-Liger, managing director of the firm in Luxembourg.

Britta Borneff, a former managing director at Fuchs Asset Management, has been appointed as the new director of events, communications and business development at the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, Alfi. 

Borneff’s professional career in Luxembourg started in 1996 with Schroders where she worked in marketing and client relationship roles for more than a decade. From 2007 to 2021 she worked as head of sales and marketing at Waystone in Luxembourg. From October 2021 she served at Fuchs, a Luxembourg investment firm,

Joseph Pinto will join M&G Asset Management in March as its new chief executive officer, the international savings and investment firm said.

Pinto joins from Natixis Investment Managers and succeeds Jack Daniels who announced his retirement last summer following 21 years of service. At Natixis Pinto served as head of distribution and investment solutions for Europe, Asia and Latin America and as global chief operating Officer.

Manfred Dietrich has been appointed as funds and investment management partner at the Luxembourg office of global law firm Maples. He brings more than twenty years of experience in the investment funds, asset management and regulatory industries. 

Dietrich joined Maples in November from Norton Rose Fulbright. Maples said his appointment ”follows a period of exceptional growth at the firm and is in direct response to increasing demands for Luxembourg legal services from new and existing international clients.” 

Law firm Clifford Chance has appointed Simone Schmitt as counsel in its corporate practice in Luxembourg.  Schmitt joins the firm from  Linklaters, where she had been for more than seven years.

Schmitt is a qualified lawyer in Luxembourg and has extensive experience in advising multinational clients on acquisitions, restructurings and joint ventures. She is an expert in managing transactions for private equity players in Europe and the United States, the firm said.

Francois Mousel has been elected as managing partner at PwC Luxembourg to succeed John Parkhouse from next July, the firm announced on Monday.

Parkhouse’s second four-year mandate will come to an end next year. During his tenure, the firm’s turnover rose to 543 million euro in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2022, from 315 million euro in 2014. During that period, PwC Luxembourg added approximately 600 staff, employing 3100 people at the end of last June. PwC is the largest among the big four auditors and consultants in Luxembourg.