Schroders hires from Magellan

Schroders Australia has appointed Lucy Briggs head of marketing following her departure from Magellan Asset Management, where she held a similar role.

Before landing at the beleaguered asset manager, she worked as a senior marketing manager at Fidelity International's Australian business, joining in 2009.

Briggs - who is one of about ten staff made redundant from Magellan last year - will report to Schroders Australia chief executive Sam Hallinan.

Her appointment follows the promotion of Amanda Irving to head of marketing for Asia Pacific Irving relocated to Singapore in January 2023 to take up this role.

Irving replaces Michelle Han, who has moved to London to take up the role of global head of growth and digital marketing.

Irving has 20 years of financial services marketing experience and was marketing director at BT Financial Group before joining Schroders.

Hallinan said Briggs brings over 20 years of experience to the role and is a seasoned marketing and communications leader.

"Lucy has strong industry and product knowledge across multiple asset classes, listed and unlisted funds, with an established track record of growing brands and leading high-performing marketing teams across the full marketing and communications spectrum," Hallinan says.

"We look forward to working with Lucy as she delivers best-in-class, innovative and solutions-based marketing outcomes for Schroders and our clients."