Constancy CEO Anne Richards to step down after 5 years

Dame Anne Richards, CEO of Constancy Worldwide, is to step down from the position after 5 years with the corporate to change into vice chair.

She is going to relinquish the total time CEO position within the coming months handy over to a successor but to be appointed.

Dame Anne, who was honoured in 2021, will stick with the corporate as vice chair with an emphasis on “key exterior relationships and strategic partnerships.”

She was recruited from rival fund supervisor M&G 5 years in the past.

Constancy says that whereas a successor is discovered she’s going to stay with the enterprise throughout a interval of transition “led by the Constancy Worldwide board” over the approaching months.

The corporate says additional information on succession plans will likely be launched at a later date.

Abby Johnson, chair of Constancy Worldwide, paid tribute to Dame Anne.

She mentioned: “During the last 5 years Anne has achieved an incredible quantity for our organisation in service of our shoppers. She has spearheaded the construct out of a variety of latest capabilities and providers throughout a number of markets, in addition to our firmwide strategy to sustainability, setting us firmly on the trail for the long run.

“She made vital progress in constructing a extra various and inclusive office, main initiatives reminiscent of enhanced parental go away, carers go away and dynamic working, guaranteeing we’re nicely positioned to draw and retain the very best expertise in a submit pandemic world. 

“I sit up for working along with her throughout this transition interval and I’m delighted she’s going to stick with our enterprise as vice chair, supporting us as we work along with our shoppers, staff and communities all all over the world to construct higher monetary futures.”

Dame Anne has had a protracted profession in monetary providers and enterprise.

At M&G  she was CEO of M&G Investments. She joined Constancy Worldwide as CEO in December 2018 and was appointed a director of FIL Restricted in September 2019.

She has 30 years expertise as an analyst, portfolio supervisor and CIO within the monetary sector with corporations together with JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch Funding Managers, Aberdeen Asset Administration and M&G Investments.

She is a Chartered Engineer and commenced her profession as a analysis fellow at CERN. She is a former chair of the UK Monetary Conduct Authority’s Practitioner Panel and was appointed a board member of the Institute of Worldwide Finance (IIF) in December 2020.

She was appointed a Dame Commander (DBE) in June 2021 for providers to monetary providers, ladies, training and science.