Global professional services company Towers Watson has appointed Ed Francis as EMEA head of the company’s Investment business, effective immediately.

Global professional services company Towers Watson has appointed Ed Francis as EMEA head of the company’s investment business, effective immediately.  

He succeeds Chris Ford, who has assumed the role of global head of investment. Francis joined Towers Watson in 2001 from PricewaterhouseCoopers and has held a number of leadership roles during that time, most recently being a member of the EMEA investment leadership team and head of the UK client consulting teams.

The investment business currently has around 800 associates worldwide, over $2 trillion assets under advisory and around $60 billion in assets under management.