Columbia Threadneedle EMEA head Michelle Scrimgeour resigns

To join L&G - reports

Jayna Rana
clock • 1 min read

Michelle Scrimgeour, chief executive officer for EMEA at Columbia Threadneedle has resigned from the firm and will join Legal & General, according to reports.

She will continue in her current role over the coming months and work with chief executive officer, Ted Truscott and the rest of Columbia Threadneedle's regional leadership team to ensure a smooth transition as the group determines its longer-term plans. Meanwhile, according to the Financial Times, Scrimgeour was today appointed as chief executive of Legal & General's £1trn investment management unit. This follows a six-month search for a replacement for outgoing CEO Mark Zinkula. AUM in the L&G unit, which specialises in tracker funds and investments for pension funds and companies, ...

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