Leading investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) has announced four senior hires to their investment team, according to a recent LinkedIn post.
First, with chief investment strategist Emma Wall set to depart on maternity leave, Anna Macdonald will be taking over in the interim.
Macdonald has experience in a wide variety of roles, including a tenure as investment manager at Aubrey Capital Management and fund manager at Amati Global Investors.
The appointment was described as a “major coup for the business and our clients” by HL’s Wall.
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Nicholas Hyett returns to HL after five years on the equity research team to serve as the newly-created role of lead alternatives analyst. In his new capacity, he will oversee UK smaller companies, alternative and private market funds, while serving as a member of the senior research team.
In his previous role, he served as investment manager and analyst at the wealth club.
Internally, there have also been a handful of promotions. Clare Stinton, who has been with the HL team for over 12 years in various roles, has been promoted to senior personal finance analyst. Jarod M [sic] has joined the equity analyst team, having previously served as an operations associate.
Finally, Wall announced the team has appointed a new head of personal finance, to be disclosed in the near future.
