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UK's Schroders makes four senior hires to sharpen focus on clients
LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - British money manager Schroders (SDR.L), opens new tab has made four appointments to sharpen its focus on clients, as CEO Richard Oldfield continues to shake up the senior team in an effort to reboot its performance.
Schroders has hired Matt Oomen from BNY Investments to be its global head of client group, while the role's incumbent Karine Szenberg will become executive vice chair, the company said. Both will sit on the group executive committee.
The company has also promoted Gopi Mirchandani to head the client group in Asia, and Jason Yu to country head for Hong Kong, subject to regulatory approval.
"Now is the optimal time to be strengthening our client relationship teams with Karine, Matt, Gopi and Jason all moving into new roles," Oldfield said in a statement.