Nikko appoints global insto marketing head



Nikko Asset Management has appointed a new global head of Institutional Marketing.
The Japanese company announced that London-based Barclays executive, Stefanie Drews had been recruited as Global Head of Institutional Marketing and Proposition, as the firm continued to invest in its institutional platform and solutions business globally.
It said Drews had most recently been Global Head of Key Clients and Family Offices at Barclays Wealth and Investment Management in London.
She will be relocating to Tokyo later this year and will have responsibility developing and managing the Nikko AM’s institutional proposition.
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