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(27/11/2007) AXA & Winterthur Wealth Management makes first senior appointment to new investment company

AXA & Winterthur Wealth Management announces the appointment of Ian Colquhoun as Managing Director, Commercial Operations UK, to run its new investment company.

The new investment business will be established as a separate company under AXA UK. The yet to be named investment company will launch in early 2008 with a key aim to redefine the way funds are structured, managed and delivered to clients through the use of innovative, market leading solutions. 

The new company will, in phase one, provide innovative manager of manager solutions to internal businesses within AXA.

Ian Colquhoun has over 25 years experience working within the pension and investment industry, 14 years of which have been spent at Winterthur. Prior to this new appointment Ian launched and led the investment development team identifying strategic opportunities in the wealth management market. Before that, Ian was National Account Executive for Winterthur, and set up and ran Winterthur’s award-winning Employee Benefits proposition.

Commenting on the appointment, Mike Kellard, CEO, AXA & Winterthur Wealth Management and CEO of the new investment business said: "I am delighted to be appointing Ian. He has already demonstrated huge skill in developing innovative and market-changing solutions within the UK pensions and investments markets. I am very excited about working with Ian and very much look forward to bringing next generation fund management to the market place."

Nicolas Moreau, CEO, AXA UK, said: "The new investment company will be the most cutting-edge offering in the market, a reinvention of the traditional fund management business model. It is hugely exciting and I believe that, under Ian’s management, it will deliver outstanding benefits to both intermediaries and their clients."

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