Euan Munro joins Investment Association Board

Wednesday 18 January 2017

Aviva Investors Chief Executive Officer Euan Munro has joined the Investment Association Board.

The appointment follows the announcement in November 2015 that former Board member, Invesco Perpetual Chief Executive Mark Armour, was to retire from Invesco at the end of last year.

Investment Association Board member Euan Munro commented:

“As an industry it is vital that we demonstrate our societal and economic purpose, which is to deliver positive outcomes for our clients. The Investment Association has an important role to play in this respect, and I look forward to working with my fellow board members to promote best practice and lead the industry towards further improvements.”

Investment Association Chief Executive Chris Cummings commented:

“The appointment of a Board member of Euan Munro’s calibre demonstrates the ongoing importance of the Investment Association in serving the asset management industry and helping it to deliver the best outcomes for its clients. We are grateful to have such a senior and experienced Board to guide the organisation as we continue to play a leading role in national debates such as the UK’s exit from the European Union.”

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Notes to Editors:

Euan Munro joined Aviva Investors as Chief Executive Officer in January 2014 and is a member of the Aviva PLC Group Executive Committee. He is also strategic adviser on the Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy range of portfolios and chairs the Strategic Investment Group, a company-wide forum that approves the investment ideas that populate these funds.

Before moving in to executive leadership, Euan had built a strong track record in fixed income and multi-strategy investing.

In May 2016 he was named “Innovator of the past 20 years” at the Financial News 20th Anniversary Awards for Excellence in European Finance. Euan holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Physics and Electronics from the University of Edinburgh and a postgraduate diploma in Actuarial Sciences from Heriot-Watt University. He is also a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

About the Investment Association:

• The Investment Association is the trade body that represents UK investment managers who manage over £5.7 trillion on behalf of clients
• Our purpose is to ensure investment managers are in the best possible position to:
• • Build people’s resilience to financial adversity
  • Help people achieve their financial aspirations
  • Enable people to maintain a decent standard of living as they grow older
  • Contribute to economic growth through the efficient allocation of capital
• The money our members manage is in a wide variety of investment vehicles including authorised investment funds, pension funds and stocks and shares ISAs.
• The UK is the second largest investment management centre in the world, after the US and manages 37% of all assets managed in Europe.