BMO's Lloyd George Management Names CIO

Tom Burroughes

10 March 2014

BMO Global Asset Management, along with one of its boutique managers, , has named Thomas Vester as chief investment officer of LGM.

He will be responsible for “enhancing and coordinating the investment process and criteria for stock selection” for BMO Global Asset Management across LGM's strategies in Asia, global emerging markets, China and India, as well as frontier markets, the firm said in a statement.

Vester has worked in the industry since 2005 and joined LGM in 2011. Prior to his time at LGM, Vester was responsible for frontier market assets at a European-based asset manager. He will remain the primary portfolio manager for the LGM Frontier Markets Strategy.

Lloyd George Management was established in 1991 and oversees $2.6 billion of assets under management (based on data as at 31 January this year.)