Pomfret will chair the audit committee of Old Mutual Wealth, and will join the risk and remuneration committees. He is currently non-executive director of Graphite Enterprise Trust and Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust.
He had served as chief executive officer at Rathbone Brothers for the ten years up to February and before that had been finance director. Earlier, Pomfret spent 13 years at Kleinwort Benson.
“Andy has unrivalled breadth of experience in our sector as a successful CEO and finance director. Old Mutual chief executive Paul Feeney said. “He also has experience as a non-executive director and audit committee chair. He helped grow Rathbone Brothers from £7bn to £22bn funds under management in his ten years as chief executive and I am delighted to have someone with that experience and proven ability join our board.”
