Pat Sanderson
Independent asset manager Ninety One has appointed Pat Sanderson as head of business development for the UK and Leanne Barnham as head of UK marketing.
Mr Sanderson joins Ninety One from RBC, where he was responsible for sales, relationship management and marketing for the UK and Ireland. He was also responsible for the European proposal management team within the firm’s investor & treasury services group.
Prior to RBC, he worked in investor services sales at J.P. Morgan and Citi Bank.
In this newly created role, Mr Sanderson will have overall responsibility for sales, client management and consultant relations for Ninety One’s UK business across the adviser and institutional landscape.
Ms Barnham joined Ninety One as head of UK marketing in January 2022 and is responsible for driving the marketing strategy and execution across institutional and adviser channels in the UK.
Her role is focused on servicing Ninety One’s existing clients; driving revenue growth through profitable new business; supporting commercial, client-facing activity and driving awareness of the Ninety One brand and breadth of product to all UK audiences.
Ms Barnham previously worked for asset management firm Architas, where she was global head of marketing and managed the structural and strategic transformation of the firm’s UK marketing team to a global marketing team. She also led the marketing strategy across independent intermediary and tied distribution throughout Europe and Asia.
Prior to Architas, she held marketing roles at BNYM Asset Management, F&C Investments and Skylight Capital.
Nigel Smith, managing director of Ninety One’s UK Client Group, said: “Pat and Leanne’s expertise, deep relationships and experience will be integral to drive the UK business through the next phase of growth.”
“Their collaboration and alignment across strategy and execution will ensure we continue to consistently deliver value and help our clients to achieve their long-term investment goals”.
Ninety One has made a number of appointments recently, including: Nazmeera Moola as chief sustainability officer; Juliana Hansveden as portfolio manager for emerging markets sustainable equity; Ben Lambert as co-portfolio manager for 4Factor European equities and Daisy Streatfeild as sustainability director.
