People – Page 165
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TNO's van Ballegooijen to retire next month
NETHERLANDS: Joop Ruijgrok has been appointed director of the pension fund of technical research institute TNO, the scheme has announced.
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Lenfers takes up new post with Sarasin
GERMANY – The German arm of Swiss asset manager Sarasin has recruited Marco Lenfers from a German private bank for the new position of senior advisor, institutional clients.
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Sweden's AP2 names new chief executive
SWEDEN – Andra AP-fonden, the SEK173bn (€18.2bn) Second Swedish National Pension Fund or AP2, has appointed Eva Halvarsson as chief executive.
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SEI sees 25% European growth
EUROPE – SEI, the US-based multi-manager fund provider, expects to grow its business in Europe by 25% annually, with nearly all of that growth taking place in the UK, its managing director for Europe says.
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BGI’s Groenendijk joins Pensioenfonds Vervoer
NETHERLANDS – Barclays Global Investors principal Patrick Groenendijk has left to become head of investments at the €5bn Pensioenfonds Vervoer, the industry-wide transport sector pension fund.
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Watson Wyatt’s Eyre joins Mercer
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has hired Watson Wyatt’s Peter Eyre as a principal based in London.
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Watson Wyatt hires Russell’s Penfold
UK – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt has hired Russell Investment Group’s Robin Penfold as a senior investment consultant.
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Hewitt’s Hammer joins Mercer
UK – Mike Hammer, a former senior consultant at Hewitt, has been appointed principal in Mercer Human Resource Consulting’s retirement business.
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Grafische’s Schapendonk joins AZL
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension fund manager AZL has appointed Walther Schapendonk as director of investment services with a special focus on strategy and risk management among pension funds.
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Pictet names Northern Europe sales chief
EUROPE – Gerrit Van Gorp, former senior director and head of credit derivatives at Dow Jones Indexes, has been appointed by Pictet Asset Management to be its new head of business development for Northern Europe.
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Former DNB pension supervisor joins Mercer
NETHERLANDS – Rein van Dam, a former director of pensions supervision at De Nederlandsche Bank, has joined Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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CalPERS still searching for permanent CIO
US – CalPERS is still looking for a permanent replacement for Mark Anson, the chief investment officer who is leaving to join Hermes as chief executive.
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Former Watson partner Hill joins Investit
UK - Former Watson Wyatt partner Brian Hill has joined fund management consultancy Investit as a specialist.
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Nestlé seeks pensions risk manager
UK – Nestlé is looking for a risk manager with experience in hedge funds to offer services, including the management of assets and liabilities, to its pension funds.
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Schroders appoints new deputy CFO
UK – Schroder Investment Management has appointed Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein finance head Stephen Brooks as group financial controller and deputy CFO.
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Fortis Investments names Poland sales head
POLAND – Fortis Investments has named Grzegorz Swietlik as its new head of sales for Poland.
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Aegon’s Lommen joins Dutch supervisor DNB
NETHERLANDS - Former Aegon pensions co-ordinator Jacqueline Lommen has joined De Nederlandsche Bank, the central bank which supervises pensions.
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Buckingham cuts Capital mandate in revamp
UK – The £874m (€1.3bn) Buckinghamshire Pension Fund has cut Capital International’s equities mandate by just over 20% due to poor performance results, and appointed five new fund managers.
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Horeca portfolio manager van Nifterick quits
NETHERLANDS - Nick van Nifterick, senior portfolio manager of the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering scheme Pensioenfonds Horeca en Catering, has resigned.
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Double defection blow for PGGM
NETHERLANDS – In a double blow for Dutch healthcare fund PGGM, two senior executives are defecting to Merchant Bank NIBCapital on 1 January 2006.
