Royal London Asset Management has nabbed Neuberger Berman’s head of product for Emea and Latin America to fill a new role in its distribution team.
Gemma Cowie will become head of strategy, where she will take the lead on product and business strategy. She will also expand RLAM’s product strategy and insight capability.
She will report into chief distribution officer Rob Williams.
Williams said Cowie had the “experience, drive and passion that RLAM needs at this point in our growth trajectory”.
Before Neuberger Berman, Cowie was global head of product at Aviva Investors. She had previously worked in product and investment related positions at Henderson Global Investors and Chase Manhattan Bank.
A press release announcing her appointment highlighted the evolution of RLAM’s distribution team over the last five years with the hires of John Burke as head of institutional in 2015 and of Phil Reid as head of wholesale in 2016.
Over that period, assets under management have increased from £84.5bn to £140bn.
