People moves: Jupiter Asset Management picks co-heads

Jupiter Asset Management – William Lopez and Selina Tyler have been appointed as co-heads of the firm’s client group, effective from 1 January 2027.

Tyler joined Jupiter in spring 2025 as head of UK and has since restructured and revitalised the UK team, while strengthening and developing several strategic client relationships. Lopez joined Jupiter in 2018, initially with responsibility for the firm’s Latin American and then Iberian business, before also taking oversight of the broader European businesses last year.

Tyler will continue to lead the UK, Jupiter’s largest business, and will also take charge of the client experience and market intelligence teams. Lopez will focus on the faster-growing businesses outside the UK, in Europe, Asia and the Americas, and will also lead Jupiter’s institutional and client solutions teams.

Jupiter also announced that Maximilian Guenzl will be moving into the new role of chief strategy officer, where he will draw on his knowledge of Jupiter’s clients and their evolving needs to ensure the group is strategically positioned to deliver active investment expertise to a broader range of clients. He will help set and advance the group’s strategic agenda, identifying organic and inorganic growth opportunities in a rapidly changing landscape.

Additionally, after leading the CCLA transaction and playing a critical role in helping drive the integration, Peter Hugh Smith, CCLA’s chief executive officer, and Elizabeth Sheldon, CCLA’s chief operating officer will be stepping down from their roles. Smith and Sheldon joined CCLA in 2019 and 2011, respectively, and have overseen a strong period of growth, reshaping CCLA’s operating model during a period of significant change across the industry.

Andrew Robinson will be appointed as executive chair of CCLA. Since joining in 2006, he has been the driving force that has led to CCLA being embedded across the UK non-profit and local authority sectors. In his new role, he will play a key role as the public face of CCLA.

Deutsche Asset Management – Francky Thomas has been appointed as senior coverage specialist for active MEA, further strengthening its regional business and institutional client coverage across the Middle East and Africa.

Thomas will be based at Deutsche’s branch in ADGM, Abu Dhabi’s international financial centre, and will focus on developing relationships with institutional investors across the Middle East and Africa, including sovereign wealth funds, central banks, pension funds and family offices. He will work closely with the firm’s global investment and product teams to provide investment solutions tailored to clients’ needs.

Thomas brings more than 25 years of asset management experience, including 17 years focused on the Middle East and Africa. He joins from State Street Investment Management, where he most recently served as head of sales and client coverage for Saudi Arabia.

Howden Employee Benefits – Hugh Bennett has been named executive director of corporate consulting, strengthening the firm’s leadership as it invests in helping employers get greater value and impact from their employee benefits strategies.

Bennett brings more than 15 years of experience in employee benefits consulting and has spent the past decade at Howden. During that time, he has played a key role in building strong client relationships and helping employers develop benefits strategies shaped around the needs of their organisation and people.

In his new role, Bennett will lead the next phase of Howden’s employee benefits corporate consulting, bringing together specialist expertise, market insight and practical advice to help clients navigate increasing cost pressures, changing employee expectations and a more complex benefits landscape. The focus will be on helping employers make informed decisions and ensure their benefits deliver value for both their people and their organisation.