Paris-based asset manager Amundi makes structural changes to the organisation, and new appointments.

Amundi has announced a number of changes within its organisation this week, designed to streamline different divisions within the business, focus on high-growth regions such as Europe and Asia, and give clients support, it said yesterday.

Philippe D’Orgeval, deputy chief investment officer and Sarah Finelstein, chief transformation officer, have been appointed to the General Management Committee, which includes chief executive officer Valerie Baudson and CIO Vincent Mortier.

Amundi will now be structured around five divisions:
Strategy, Finance, and Controlled led by Nicolas Calcoen, deputy chief executive officer; 
Clients (covering both retail and institutional) led by Fannie Wurtz, deputy general manager, head of clients group. See more here about Wurtz; 
Investments led by Vincent Mortier, deputy general manager, CIO; 
Operations and Technology led by Claire Cornil, chief operating officer; and 
Transformation, People & Communication led by Sarah Finkelstein, chief transformation officer.

Mortier will head up the Investments division which includes both active and passive investments, as well as alternatives, the firm said in a statement. The Transformation, People & Communications division is totally new, led by Sarah Finkelstein, a newly-appointed member of the General Management Committee.

The organisation is structured around three regions:
Europe is supervised by Olivier Mariée, chair Europe; 
Asia is supervised by Fannie Wurtz, chair Asia; and 
North America is supervised by Nicolas Calcoen, chair North America.

A few other appointments include:
Thierry Ancona, vice-chair of the clients group; 
Gaëtan Delculée, head of distribution and private banks; 
Alexandre Lefebvre, head of the private assets and alternatives business; and 
Adrienne Meunier, deputy head of human resources

See more about the asset manager here, here and here which manages close to €2.4 trillion ($2.8 trillion) of assets.