Mercer Global Investments (MGI) has appointed Amit Popat as head of European Business Development. Based in London, he will be responsible for institutional business development and third-party distribution arrangements in Europe.
Popat has over 15 years’ experience in the European asset management industry. He was previously a senior vice president of Santander Central Hispano with a particular focus on developing their fund of hedge fund business. Before that, he spent a number of years at both Northern Trust Global Investors and Fidelity in various business development roles. Popat joined MGI on 1 February.
Rob Marsden has also joined MGI as head of Fixed Income Portfolio Management. He has transferred from Mercer Investment Consulting, where he was head of Fixed Income Research for seven years. Before that, he was a government bond trader at National Commercial Bank based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and he was previously at Lombard Odier, where he managed a variety of portfolios.
“Since our European launch last year, we have been expanding our team to strengthen our position in the multi-manager market and demonstrate our commitment to growth,” says Tom Murphy, head of MGI in Europe. “Together, these two high calibre individuals bring with them over 30 years’ investment experience. Amit’s appointment will enable us to execute our strategic plans for measured expansion into continental Europe while Rob’s deep knowledge of fixed income and derivatives markets will allow us to develop more sophisticated products for a client base that is increasingly focused on risk reduction.”