Schroders, a global asset management company with $604.7 billion under management as of December 31, 2017, announced today that Marc Brookman has been appointed to the newly created role of Deputy CEO, North America, effective this July.
Marc will take on direct management of all distribution, client service, product management and marketing responsibilities. He will be based in New York and report to Karl Dasher, CEO, North America and Co-Head of Fixed Income.
Marc will join from Morgan Stanley where he has been leading Graystone Consulting for 8 years and served as Head of Institutional Wealth Services at Morgan Stanley for 5 years, with oversight of more than $400 billion in assets advised. In this capacity, Marc has been instrumental in delivering investment solutions across both traditional and alternative asset classes for corporate, retirement, foundations and endowments, Taft-Hartley and family office clients.
Additionally, Schroders announces that Rock Wilkinson and Tiffani Potesta have been have been appointed to new leadership positions. Rock takes on the role of Head of US Institutional Sales which will oversee our broad institutional sales effort in the US. He will also continue to manage our sales and relationship management activities in the Taft-Hartley channel. Tiffani Potesta, Head of Wealth Management Solutions, will add leadership of the North American Alternatives Sales unit to her area of responsibility. With this, Tiffani will oversee the effort to grow Schroders’ alternative investment client base in North America.
Karl Dasher, CEO, North America and Co-Head of Fixed Income, said:
“As we begin our next phase of investment in North America, Marc’s leadership skills and extensive knowledge of the industry make him the ideal person to fill this important new role. Marc’s experience in delivering investment solutions across the client spectrum as well as incorporating alternative and private asset strategies into investor portfolios aligns with Schroders’ strategic capabilities and our growth priorities.
Rock and Tiffani have added significant value to our organization over the past several years and I am confident that they will make an even greater impact on the firm with their expanded roles. I congratulate and thank them.”
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For further information, please contact:
Catherine Wooters of Prosek at 347-486-6335, cwooters@prosek.com
Jennifer Manser of Schroders at 212-632-2947, jennifer.manser@schroders.com