ING Investment Management has responded to a hot financial services jobs market by appending the title ‘deputy CEO’ to a new senior sales role it is attempting to fill.
ING IM’s chief executive, Grant Bailey, said it was difficult “;to get people at the level we want”;, and that managers needed to think more proactively about “;what makes a person want to leave their current position”;. With the assistance of headhunters Scambler MacGregor, Bailey said ING IM was seeking a highly experienced salesperson who could also be a “;go to”; for the rest of the executive team if he was unavailable. Bailey said the new position would not affect the role of head of distribution and marketing, Athena Tsolakis, who would remain one of six direct reports to Bailey alongside chief investment officer David McClatchey (who currently doubles as deputy CEO), head of business services Paul Pugliese, recently-appointed chief operating officer David Hampton, head of multimanager products Emmanuel Calligeris, and human resources director Priscilla Bowler.
Asset owners that have set emission reduction targets face the onerous task of collecting and aggregating emissions data for every asset they own, and the challenge has been particularly complex for unlisted assets. Aware Super head of responsible investment Liza McDonald says working with the provider of the infrastructure that connects asset owners to asset managers and underlying assets has been “a brilliant step”.
Simon HoyleMay 12, 2025
