By Muskan Arora
Denmark-based Velliv has scooped Lea
Vaisalo, former head of Nordea AM private markets head, as its new CIO,
effective May 1.
The $49.12bn pension plan has been without a
permanent CIO since November when Anders
Stensbøl stepped down, leaving its deputy CIO, Thor Schultz Christensen, to assume day-to-day leadership of the investment area in close dialogue with CEO Kim Kehlet Johansen.
At the time, Johansen had stated a
need for “different competencies in the investment area” upon the departure of the former CIO.
“With a thorough understanding of the
development on financial markets combined with an insight into the pension
world, Lea will play a pivotal role in fulfilling Velliv’s vision of being the
customers’ preferred pension company, giving customers more out of life – from
a human and financial point of view,” said the CEO, in a recent press release.
Prior to joining the pension plan, Vaisalo worked
at Nordea Asset Management for nearly eight years. She has also worked at PKA as a senior
portfolio manager and within the derivates and structured solutions at Morgan
Stanley.
She earned
her Master of Science in finance, economics and econometrics from Cass Business
School.
Please Click Here to Register Now!
