Investment manager Ninety One has appointed David Derger as sales director, Northern Europe, to drive its commercial development across Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland as a key regions within Central and Northern Europe.
Derger will be based in Stockholm for his new role. With over 20 years of industry experience, he joined Ninety One from PGIM Fixed Income where he was head of the Nordic region, responsible for growing the firm’s Nordic footprint with institutional investors and growing the assets under management.
Prior to this, Derger was head of the Nordic Region for Natixis Investment Managers and Macquarie Investment Management and has held institutional distribution and investment consulting roles with HSBC Asset Management, Wassum, Coeli and Carnegie. Derger has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm University, School of Business.
Maik Fechner, co-head of Europe client group, Ninety One, commented: “Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland are unique markets, made-up of sophisticated institutional investors, inclusive of pensions and insurance firms, but also financial groups capturing retail assets. In this new role, David will help create a deeper understanding of how we can work with institutional investors to solve their investment challenges and innovate solutions that lead to better, long-term outcomes.
Ninety One has a long-standing presence in the Nordic region and David is well placed to address the opportunities and challenges that these markets present.”
