GLOBAL - Mercer Italy, PKZH, Financial Risk Management, Mercer UK, Ossiam, SWIP, Association of Investment Companies, SAM

Mercer Italy - Francesco Lamanda is set to become chairman of the board of Mercer's Italian division, which he has led for the last five years. Martin Meerkerk has been appointed Italy market leader and co-chairman of the board, in addition to his current role as head of human capital business for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Marco Morelli has been appointed to lead the human capital business, which includes the TESI consulting business acquired by Mercer in 2008, while Renato Dorrucci will become EMEA head of talent management consulting.

PKZH - Vera Kupper-Staub, former head of asset management at the Pensionskasse for the Swiss city of Zurich (PKZH), has changed her pension role for a political one and is running as a candidate for the regional parliament of the canton of Zurich. She had left the PKZH at the end of 2010 and was succeeded by her former deputy Jürg Tobler. 

Financial Risk Management (FRM) - Anthony Simpson has joined the global hedge fund investment specialist as co-head of global business development. He will lead FRM's client development activities globally, partnering with Akio Shimazu, who is responsible for FRM's business in Japan and Korea. Simpson, who will be based in London, will also join FRM's executive committee. Before joining FRM, he was co-head of global business development at Ramius. 

Mercer UK - Ian Catchpole has joined as southern manager for the client service management team in Mercer's outsourcing business. Based in Croydon, he will be responsible for overseeing client service management and delivery for approximately 350 clients. Prior to joining Mercer, Catchpole worked for International Financial Data Services, where he was a senior business development analyst. Before then, he was head of pensions for Equiniti.

Ossiam - Isabelle Bourcier has been appointed head of business development at Ossiam, a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management focused on ETFs. Bourcier will manage the ETF and systematic fund development team and be responsible for the sales and marketing strategy. She joins from Société Générale, where she was the global head of exchange traded products since 2006. She was also the global head of ETFs at Lyxor Asset Management, a Société Générale subsidiary, since its inception in 2000.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) - Emilio Cano has joined SWIP as an investment manager on its global strategy team. Cano will be responsible for delivering strategic and tactical asset allocation services to SWIP's clients. He joins from Popular Banca Privada in Madrid, where he was responsible for asset allocation and portfolio strategy decisions. Before then he worked for Arcalia, the Private Banking arm of Grupo Bancaja in Madrid.
 
Association of Investment Companies (AIC) - The AIC has elected Peter Arthur to the board following its annual elections. In addition to his new position, Arthur sits on two investment company boards - the Jersey-domiciled Aberdeen Asian Income Fund and Proven Health VCT. David Barron, Gill Nott and David Thorp were re-elected, while Hamish Buchan has retired. Sarah Bates has taken up her role as AIC chairman, having been elected to succeed Carol Ferguson after the completion of her third year in office.

SAM - Rainer Baumann, head of portfolio management, and Daniel Wild, head of research, will join SAM's executive committee. Neil Johnson, previously in charge of sales at SAM USA, will be the new head of global clients and marketing. He will also join the executive committee. Stephanie Feigt, chief information officer, will leave the company, an investment boutique focused exclusively on sustainability investing.

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