Veteran Artemis duo Underhill and Brennan depart

Over 30 combined years at firm

James Baxter-Derrington
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Two veterans of Artemis Investment Management have left the firm, PA's sister title Investment Week can reveal.

Head of discretionary sales Tom Underhill and head of wealth managers Lawrence Brennan both exited the £24.6bn active fund manager last week, a spokesperson confirmed, adding they left with the firm's "thanks and best wishes". Underhill joined Artemis more than 18 years ago, beginning his time at the firm in September 2002 as a European sales manager, before shifting to a role as associate director of sales, London discretionary from which he took on his final role as head of discretionary sales. He joined the financial services industry in 1997 as a broker desk executive at Barclays,...

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