Phillips joins LGIM as head of active equities

Former Standard Life Investments fund manager Lance Phillips has joined L&G Investment Management as head of active equities.

Reporting to CEO Mark Zinkula, Phillips will join in early 2013. At SLI, he was head of overseas and global equities responsible for the global equity mandates. He initially joined in 2001 as global head of stock selection. Prior to that he worked at UBS Asset management as an executive director in fund management. Zinkula said: "I am delighted that Lance will be joining LGIM. He brings a wealth of industry experience and strong leadership skills, and is an excellent cultural fit for LGIM. I am confident that under his guidance we will continue to develop and grow our active equiti...