Daily People Moves – August 2

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Gonzalo Binello has been appointed as Head of Latin America at Schroders. In this role, Binello will oversee the firm’s offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico with all the country heads reporting directly to him.  He will also continue to perform his responsibilities as Head of Offshore Sales.

Loomis Sayles has expanded its insurance business team with the following appointments: Colin Dowdall will become Director of Insurance Solutions, overseeing strategy and client engagement; Pramila Agrawal assumes the role of Director of Custom Income Strategies and Portfolio Manager for specialized insurance mandates; Insurance Strategist Erik Troutman will be responsible for advisory and asset liability management; and Todd Needham, Relationship Manager, will be dedicated to insurance client relationships.

Cornerstone Advisors Asset Management has named James Horvath its new Director of Business Development. Horvath was previously vice president and senior business development officer at PNC Bank.

Joe Cullen has been appointed Chief Investment Officer at Pennsylvania State University. Cullen was CIO for Montano Board of Investments.

Private Banking / Wealth Management

Ex-Bond Tony Schölzig has joined Pimco as a Vice President and Client Adviser for the firm’s global wealth management division.

Insurance

Jason Busti has joined AXIS Re as President of North America. Busti has held a number of underwriting and sales management roles at Swiss Re, most recently serving as managing director and client executive.

Sompo Asia has appointed Daniel Neo as Regional Chief Executive Officer and Yasuhiro Sasanuma as Regional Chief Operating Officer. Neo previously held the role of regional COO while Sasanuma recently served as executive director, head of corporate planning.

Chubb has named Juan Luis Ortega its new Executive Vice President, Chubb Group and President, Overseas General Insurance. Ortega was formerly senior vice president and regional president of Latin America. The firm has also hired Eric Kwan as Division Head, P&C for Singapore. Prior to joining Chubb, Kwan was head of P&C at a Singaporean insurer and has worked for major names in the market such as Great American Insurance, AXA, and China Taiping Insurance.

Markel International has appointed Mark Nunn as an Energy Underwriter for its Singapore office. Nunn will work closely with the global energy team to manage and further develop the specialist insurer’s energy portfolio for the Asia-Pacific region. Before Markel, Nunn worked as an energy insurance specialist at Marsh where he stayed for more than ten years.

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