BNPP IP appoints Head of Advice Business

BNP Paribas Investment Partners has appointed James Langlands to the newly-created role of head of advice business for Australia and New Zealand.

In this role Langlands' responsibilities will be to grow funds under management for BNP Paribas Investment Partners by working with dealer groups, private wealth firms, family offices, consultant and research houses, platform providers and other key influencers in the market.

Previously Langlands spent 15 years working with global funds manager BlackRock, most recently as director, head of wealth advisory (retail), a position he left in 2015.

Commenting on his appointment, chief executive officer David Grybas said: "We look forward to James joining our already robust team. His wealth of experience will be instrumental in broadening the availability of our investment solutions in Australian and Global Equities, Emerging Markets, Global Fixed Income and Alternatives to the advised segment."