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AXA Investment Managers add to UK Wholesale Sales team

  • 12 September 2016

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) can today announce the appointment of Jennifer (Jenni) Millar to the UK Wholesale Sales team as Retail Sales Manager. Based in Edinburgh and reporting to James Norden, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Regional Sales, Jenni will be responsible for distribution to clients in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.

Jenni was most recently with Lazard Asset Management where she spent three years as a Regional Sales Manager. Prior to this Jenni was at Standard Life Investments where she spent seven years in investment sales and previous to that five years at Martin Currie Investment Management in retail sales.

Rob Bailey, Head of UK Wholesale Distribution at AXA IM, said: “Jenni has extensive sales experience in the asset management space and she has great existing relationships with clients based in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Her arrival supports our continued commitment to provide a regional service - it is important to be represented regionally and have people on the ground building relationships and educating clients on what AXA IM can offer. We very much look forward to having her as part of the team.”

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    About Jennifer Millar

    Jennifer Millar joined AXA IM on 31 August 2016 as part of the UK Wholesale Sales team. She joins from Lazard Asset Management where she spent three years as a Regional Sales Manager. Prior to this she spent seven years at Standard Life Investments first as an Investment Sales Manager, then as a Senior Investment Sales Manager before becoming an Investment Director for Specialist Sales in 2009. Before this between 1998 and 2003 Jenni was an Account Manager for Retail Sales at Martin Currie Investment Management. Her career began at Newton Fund Managers in Unit Trust Dealing in 1997. Jenni has a BA (Hons) degree in Business Studies from Edinburgh Napier University.

    About AXA Investment Managers

    AXA Investment Managers is an active, long-term, global, multi-asset investor focused on enabling more people to harness the power of investing to meet their financial goals. By combining investment insight and innovation with robust risk monitoring, we have become one of the largest asset managers in Europe with ambitions to become the chosen investment partner of investors around the world.  With approximately €679bn in assets under management as of end June 2016, AXA IM employs over 2,350 people around the world and operates out of 29 offices in 21 countries. AXA IM is part of the AXA Group, a global leader in financial protection and wealth management.

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