Jupiter's Bonham Carter to hand over chief exec role to Slendebroek

Jupiter Asset Management's chief executive Edward Bonham Carter is to hand over his role to Maarten Slendebroek in March next year.

The group said in a statement: "The board of Jupiter Fund Management announces that Maarten Slendebroek will succeed Edward Bonham Carter as group chief executive with effect from 17 March 2014." Bonham Carter will remain on the board and take on a new executive role as vice chairman, reporting to Slendebroek. Jamie Dundas, chairman, said: "Maarten takes over from Edward with Jupiter in excellent shape, with strong investment performance, record assets under management and a robust balance sheet. "Maarten has made a significant contribution since he joined the company as distributi...