AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Christophe Coquema as global head of Client Group replacing Laurent Seyer who has decided to leave the firm.
Julien Fourtou will replace Christophe as global head of MACS & TSF (Multi-Asset Client Solutions & Trading and Securities Financing) and will join the management board, the company said in a statement.
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Coquema joined AXA IM in July 2006 as head of strategy & innovation. From 2007 to 2010 he was global head of shared operational functions of AXA IM, namely IT, change management, operational support and service management, procurement, and product engineering.
In 2007 he became a member of AXA IM’s executive committee and management board. Three years later, he was appointed global head of markets and investment strategy. From December 2011 to February 2014 he served as global chief operating officer.
Before joining AXA IM, Coquema worked for six years at McKinsey & Company as a FIG sector specialist, mainly serving large banks in France and the rest of Europe.
Prior to this he was an engagement manager for Société Générale’s Inspection Department, dealing with consulting and audit engagements in the different business units of the bank.
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By GlobalDataCommenting on the appointments, AXA IM CEO Andrea Rossi said: "Christophe has an in-depth knowledge of AXA IM having led our strategy and business development team and served as our global chief operating officer since joining AXA IM in 2006.
"He also has a strong track record in managing change which will be hugely valuable as he and the rest of the Client Group work together to further leverage this new organisational structure in order to accelerate our growth with third party clients, and continue to develop AXA IM’s global presence."
The Client Group, which was established in February this year, is in charge of developing AXA IM’s proposition by client segment (institutional, retail and wholesale), while coordinating and monitoring marketing and client relationship activities.
