Ascot Lloyd appoints Graham Bentley as investment committee chairman

Replaces Stewart Cowley

Victoria McKeever
clock • 1 min read

National IFA Ascot Lloyd has appointed Graham Bentley as independent chairman of its investment committee, replacing former Old Mutual Global Investors bond fund manager Stewart Cowley.

Bentley (pictured), a regular contributor to Professional Adviser, will take responsibility for chairing quarterly investment meetings, which review all areas of Ascot Lloyd's broad centralised investment proposition. Unlike Cowley, Bentley will be chair of the entire group's investment committee, rather than solely focusing on Avellemy, the discretionary fund management model portfolio service sister company to Ascot Lloyd.  Bentley has previously held senior roles at Henderson, M&G and Old Mutual during his 40-year career. Since 2013, he has run his own investment marketing consulta...

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