EQ Investors makes triple CEO appointment as John Spiers steps back

Will lead collaboratively

Sophie King
clock • 1 min read

Wealth manager EQ Investors has appointed three employees as joint CEO as former chief executive John Spiers takes a step back.

Newly appointed Nath Papadacis, Sophie Kennedy and Mark Howlett have previously been responsible for different business areas, working at EQ for several years. Papadacis is currently focused on operations and IT, Kennedy runs the investment management business while Howlett heads the financial planning division. The joint CEOs will continue to help improve EQ's work in sustainable investing, financial planning services and helping the wider community. Former CEO John Spiers, who will be moving to his new role of non-executive chairman, said: "I am hugely excited about what we can a...

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