Pictet Asset Management, part of Switzerland’s Pictet & Cie, has hired Mathias Leijon as a senior investment manager in the European equities team, based in Zurich.

Leijon previously worked at Cheuvreux (Credit Agricole Group), covering the Nordic region; before that role, he held portfolio management and analyst positions at Stena LT Equity Fund.

Pictet & Cie has some £270 billion (around $375.14 billion) in assets under management and custody, as at 30 June 2011. Pictet Asset Management oversees around £85.9 billion of assets in bond and equity markets.