People Moves
Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - PIMCO, 7IM, Others

The latest senior wealth management moves in Europe.
PIMCO
PIMCO, the fixed income
house based in the US, has appointed Mathieu Clavel as managing
director and portfolio manager, head of private credit for
Europe. Clavel, who will be based in London, will join the firm
in 2021, PIMCO said in a statement late last week.
Clavel will manage PIMCO’s European special situations business,
working with the firm’s portfolio management team in its
traditional, hedge fund, and private strategy groups to identify
and capitalise potential opportunities in private capital
solutions, stressed and distressed corporate credit.
Previously, Clavel worked at Sculptor Capital, the multi-strategy
hedge fund formerly known as Och-Ziff Capital Management, where
he was head of European and Asian corporate credit and co-head of
Europe. He worked at Och-Ziff for 11 years. Prior to this, Clavel
served in a similar role originating investment opportunities in
distressed credit for Silver Point Capital. Clavel has also
worked in credit analysis roles for GSC Group and Schroder
Salomon Smith Barney, both in London. He holds a Masters in
accounting and finance from the London School of Economics and a
Masters in political sciences from the Institut d’Etudes
Politiques, in Aix en Provence, France.
Seven Investment Management
7IM, aka Seven
Investment Management, has appointed Adrian Grace as
chairman, replacing Ian Owen who is stepping down after
approaching five years in the role.
Grace brings with him vast industry experience in a career
spanning 40 years in financial services and technology companies.
Most recently Grace was non-executive director and remuneration
committee chair at Virgin Money and, until his retirement in
March this year, was CEO of Aegon UK for almost 10 years.
Prior to this, Grace held senior leadership posts at HBOS,
Barclays, Sage and GE Capital.
aixigo
aixigo, an Aachen,
Germany-based software firm for wealth managers, has named André
Brunner as head of product management.
Former career stints include responsibility for various business
and IT transformation projects at Credit Suisse’s asset
management arm, as well as work in the consulting business at
Capco in Switzerland. He initially worked for the management
consultancy Accenture GmbH, supporting various projects for
financial service providers throughout Europe.
The firm's customers include BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Hargreaves
Lansdown, Targobank and Vontobel.