The latest wealth management senior moves in continental Europe, the UK, Middle East and Africa.

Arbitrium Capital Partners
Arbitrium Capital Partners, a distressed debt and special situations specialist, has hired Blake Ammit as managing director and Ian Lundy as an independent member of its investment committee.

Launched in November, Arbitrium Capital is raising commitments for its first $300 million fund, which will invest in companies with pre-COVID revenues of $50 to $750 million. This segment of the market has over $100 billion in aggregate corporate debt

Lundy has more than 20 years’ experience across the investment industry, most recently as chief investment officer of industry fund Tasplan. Prior roles include director of Hobart Airport, and trustee director of Utilities Trust of Australia, a $6 billion infrastructure fund. 

Ammit has specialised in funds management, equity and debt structuring, investment banking, M&A and turnaround management for over 25 years. He has experience across a diverse range of industries including agriculture, energy, utilities, infrastructure, property development, and waste management. Most recently he was shareholder and head of asset management at FC Capital Holdings, one of Australia’s largest alternative asset managers. Prior to this he was CEO of Handbury Asset Management.

Mirabaud Asset Management
Mirabaud Asset Management has named Jérôme Paganini as head of sales for Switzerland.

He joins with more than a decade of wholesale and institutional sales experience from SILEX Investment Partners. Previously, he worked in senior roles at Lombard Odier and Syz.

He will work with Mirabaud’s sales teams in Geneva and Zurich to support growth in the Swiss market for sustainable global equity strategies and convertible products among other approaches.

“Paganini is highly regarded in the Swiss investment community and we believe his professional approach and intimate knowledge of the local market will enable us to further strengthen our client relationships, as well as increase the visibility of our growing number of specialist investment propositions,” Lionel Aeschlimann, managing partner and CEO of Mirabaud AM, said.

ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO’s shareholders have voted to appoint Mariken Tannemaat as a new member of its supervisory board.

At the meeting more than 80 per cent of the total issued capital and an equal amount of voting rights was represented. The extraordinary general meeting appointed Mariken Tannemaat to the board for a four-year term, ABN AMRO said. 

The board now consists of Tom de Swaan (chairman), Arjen Dorland (vice chairman), Laetitia Griffith, Michiel Lap, Jurgen Stegmann, Anna Storåkers, Mariken Tannemaat and Tjalling Tiemstra.