Contacts

Pictet Asset Management is a specialist asset manager offering investment solutions and services to investors around the world. Our mission is to build lasting partnerships with our clients by exceeding their expectations for investment performance and service.

Mircea Florescu

Head of MEA & Frontier Markets

Mircea Florescu joined Pictet Asset Management in 2002. He is responsible for all business development activities in the MEA & Frontier Markets regions. Mircea is based in our London office.

Junjie Watkins

CEO, Asia ex Japan

Junjie Watkins joined Pictet in 2019. She is responsible for all business development and client-related matters in the region, with management oversight of all other activities. She is based in our Hong Kong office.

Elizabeth Dillon

CEO of Pictet Asset Management (USA) Corp

Elizabeth (Liz) Dillon joined the firm in 2002 and is the Head of Pictet Asset Management (USA) Corp. Liz heads up the team for Pictet Asset Management in the United States out of our New York office – spanning both Institutional and Intermediary clients.

François Forget

Head of Distribution - Canada

Francois joined Pictet in 2021 as Head of Distribution – Canada and is based in our Montreal office.

Prior to Pictet, he spent a decade in senior business development roles with Presima Inc., Standard Life Investments and Natcan Investment Management. He began his career in 2002 in securities firms as a Senior Analyst, M&A for Laurentian Bank and Research Analyst for TD Bank. He moved to portfolio management in 2006, spending 5 years as a large-cap equity portfolio manager for RBC Global Asset Management.

François holds a master's and a bachelor's degree in finance from HEC Montréal.

Gonzalo Rengifo Abbad

Head of Distribution – Iberia, LatAm

Gonzalo Rengifo Abbad joined Pictet in 2002. He is in charge of Pictet Asset Management Spain and covers Iberia and Latin America. Gonzalo is based in our Madrid office.

Frank Böhmer

Head of Institutional - Germany

Frank Böhmer joined Pictet in 2007 in the Frankfurt office. He is responsible for Pictet's institutional clients in Germany. Before joining Pictet, he worked at ABN AMRO Asset Management for nine years and subsequently Schroder Investment Management. He was responsible for the development of institutional business in Germany and Austria at both firms. He began his career at Deutsche Bank AG where he spent 14 years in various positions and locations, lastly as Senior Advisor for Asset Management and Corporate Clients.

Giambattista Chiarelli

Head of Institutional – Italy and Israel

Giambattista Chiarelli joined Pictet Asset Management in Milan in 2001 and has been responsible for institutional clients in Italy, Southern Europe and Israel since 2003.

Elisabeth Jädal

Head of Distribution - Nordics

Elisabeth Jädal joined Pictet Asset Management in 2012 and is Head of Distribution for the Nordic region. She is based in our London office.

Ian Burton

Senior Strategic Client Manager

Ian Burton joined Pictet Asset Management in 2015 and assumed his current role in May 2023. Before joining Pictet Asset Management, Ian was Head of UK Consultant Relations at AllianceBernstein (AB). He was also responsible for managing relationships with some of AB’s largest UK pension fund clients. Prior to that, Ian was Head of UK Consultant Relations at Pioneer Investments. He has also held the position of Director, Consultant Relations at Insight Investment. Ian also spent 18 years at Mercer Investment Consulting where he delivered a full range of investment advice to a portfolio of institutional clients as well as contributing to Mercer’s investment manager research. Ian was formerly on the Board of Association of Investment Management Sales Executive (AIMSE) Europe Ltd. Ian graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and Design.

Edouard Beauville

Senior Sales Manager - France

Edouard Beauville joined Pictet Asset Management in 2005. He is responsible for Pictet’s institutional sales in France out of our Paris office.

Bruno Hellemans

Head of Distribution – Belgium, Luxembourg

Bruno Hellemans joined Pictet Asset Management in 2007. He heads up our distribution channels in Belgium and Luxembourg out of our Brussels office.

Mircea Florescu

Head of MEA & Frontier Markets

Mircea Florescu joined Pictet Asset Management in 2002. He is responsible for all business development activities in the MEA & Frontier Markets regions. Mircea is based in our London office.

Elizabeth Dillon

CEO of Pictet Asset Management (USA) Corp

Elizabeth (Liz) Dillon joined the firm in 2002 and is the Head of Pictet Asset Management (USA) Corp. Liz heads up the team for Pictet Asset Management in the United States out of our New York office – spanning both Institutional and Intermediary clients.

Gonzalo Rengifo Abbad

Head of Distribution – Iberia, LatAm

Gonzalo Rengifo Abbad joined Pictet in 2002. He is in charge of Pictet Asset Management Spain and covers Iberia and Latin America. Gonzalo is based in our Madrid office.

Freeman Tsang

Head of Intermediaries, Asia ex Japan

Freeman Tsang joined Pictet in 2020. He is responsible for developing wholesale fund distribution and client relationship management activities in the Asia ex-Japan region.

Wendy Appleton

Head of Sales - UK & Ireland

Wendy Appleton joined Pictet in 2008 as UK Head of Strategic Partnership Sales also covering key clients across the broader Wholesale and Retail markets. She was appointed Head of UK Intermediaries UK & Ireland in October 2016.

Prior to Pictet, she was Head of 3rd Party at Henderson Global Investors between 2005 and 2008. Before working in Asset Management Wendy worked in the Life & Pensions business between 1996 to 2005 where she was a Sales Manager at National Provident Institution and Norwich Union. She started her career in 1994 working for an adviser firm.

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