Investit, the leading investment management consultancy, has announced that James Hockley has rejoined the firm to take up the new position of Business Director.
In this new role James will be responsible for the development and delivery of Investit’s four business lines – Consultancy, Benchmarking, Research and Resourcing.
James rejoins Investit from Barclays Global Investors where he was responsible for European Funds Services and Global Provider Management. Prior to BGI, James spent three years at Investit leading the Operations practice; and prior to that was Director of Funds Operations at Schroders. Before crossing over to the buy side James held a number of positions in business development and management, client service and relationship management for leading investment servicing organisations such as Chase, JP Morgan and the Bank of New York.
Peter Ellis, managing director of Investit, said “Over the past six months we have developed a Business Plan that defines the vision and strategic direction for Investit over the next five years. A key objective of our plan is to strengthen our management. We have created the role of Business Director to lead the development of our business and delivery of our products and services from our UK office. I am delighted that James has agreed to take up this position leveraging his commercial expertise gained from working for leading asset managers like BGI and Schroders, and global investor services organisations such as JPM and BNY. James will be combining this role with working as a Principal Consultant, where his experience within strategy, operations, outsourcing and fund administration will be invaluable as we continue to develop our business in these areas.”
James Hockley added “This is a very exciting time to rejoin Investit and drive the development of our business. Investit provides a unique mix of services ranging from strategic advice, through consulting and benchmarking, and onto research – and has a first class client base across the investment industry. And with our new offices in Australia and the Gulf, and partner companies in the US, we now have global coverage.”
