F&C Investments, Aviva Investors, Muzinich & Co, Axa Real Estate

F&C InvestmentsHoward Pearce has been appointed chairman of the responsible investment advisory council, which will replace the existing Committee of Reference from January next year. Pearce, who spent a decade as head of the UK’s Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF), will begin working with F&C immediately. Following his departure from the EAPF in 2013, Pearce launched his own consultancy, HowESG.

Aviva InvestorsVeronique Leroy and Jolanta Touzard join the asset manager’s infrastructure team. Leroy has been named head of infrastructure investment services, joining from Octopus Investments, while Touzard is assistant fund manager, joining from Equitix. Leroy was responsible for renewable energy projects during her two years at Octopus and spent nearly three years prior to that as director of EMEA strategy at GE Capital. She has also worked at the Boston Consulting Group and began her career at Alcatel Lucent.

Muzinich & CoMartin Empacher has been named Nordic director of client relations, based in Copenhagen. He most recently worked at Saxo Wealth Management.

Axa Real Estate ­– Guillaume Spinner has been promoted to CFO. He joined the company more than 10 years ago and held various responsibilities in the fund management business. Spinner started his career at Archon Group in France, studying at EDHEC Business School and the London School of Economics. He will report to Arnaud Prudhomme, global CFO and COO at Axa Real Estate.

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