Evenlode, the £5.5bn Oxfordshire-based investment manager, has appointed Rob Harris (pictured) as chief executive with effect from May 7.
Co-founder and current Evenlode chief executive Hugh Yarrow will become executive chair while remaining lead manager of the Evenlode Income strategy.
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Harris has been an independent non-executive director at Evenlode since May 2023. His 30-year career includes 17 years managing institutional UK equity portfolios.
He began his career at Merrill Lynch, leaving in 2002 to co-found Majedie Asset Management, where he served as chief executive until 2022 when the company was acquired by Liontrust, when he became head of global institutional business.
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Harris studied classics at Durham University, holds the ASIP qualification, and is an associate member of the CFA Society of the UK.
