Heartwood Investment Management (HIM), a global multi-asset investment boutique, has appointed Marian Black as Head of Investment Marketing, reporting to Head of Investment Product, Matt Hollier.
In this newly created role, Mari Black an will be responsible for the on-going development and communication of HIM’s investment proposition to their wide-ranging clientele, including private clients, IFAs/financial planners, charities, professional advisers and pension funds.
Black has extensive experience as a senior marketing specialist across a number of leading financial services brands. Marian joins Heartwood from Baring Asset Management, where she was Head of EMEA Wholesale and Institutional Marketing. Previously she was at Lloyds Wealth International, HSBC Global Asset Management and Head of Marketing at Aegon Asset Management. Marian began her career in 1986 working in several advertising agencies before moving in-house as head of Marketing at Alliance Trust in 2006.
Noland Carter, Head of Heartwood Investment Management, says: “I am very pleased to welcome Marian to Heartwood Investment Management and look forward to working with her. She has an impressive track record in delivering a wide range of marketing propositions across many highly regarded investment management brands and her experience in opening up wholesale and intermediary channels is a perfect fit for us.”
Black says: “I am thrilled to be joining Heartwood Investment Management and look forward to growing the business. The firm has enjoyed considerable success in attracting a broader base of clients to its institutional quality investment management platform, and it has an exciting future ahead of it.”
Heartwood is a global multi-asset class investment manager that offers a choice of investment strategies designed to suit a range of risk appetites. Its straightforward investment proposition is designed to optimise the expertise of a high calibre, experienced team of professionals to benefit clients with portfolios of all sizes.
Heartwood has over GBP2.4 billion of funds under management and administration as at 31 May 2015.
