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Smith & Williamson Poaches Ex-Framlington Executive to Lead Funds Business

Tom Burroughes

9 September 2008

The UK financial services and investment group, Smith & Williamson, said it has appointed Nick Hodgson to lead its fund business, joining from UK investment firm AXA Framlington. Mr Hodgson starts at Smith & Williamson on 22 September.

Mr Hodgson has been consulting to the investment management industry in 2008. Prior to that, he was a main board director at Framlington responsible for marketing and sales, and subsequently a director at AXA Framlington, as it was known after it was acquired by AXA, the French insurer. Mr Hodgson has also held similar senior positions with Rothschild and Dresdner RCM.