Investec Wealth CIO joins AIC board

Alice Rigby
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Investec Wealth and Investment CIO Chris Hills and Schroder UK Mid Cap director Rachel Beagles have joined the board of the Association of Investment Companies.

Hills and Beagles were elected to the board on 21 January, the day on which Peter Arthur took over as the association's new chair. PWC's Melville Trimble has become deputy chair, while outgoing chairman Andrew Bell, chief executive of Witan, and St James' Place chair Sarah Bates have left the board after nine years of service. Hills has been CIO at Investec since 1995 and his career in investment dates back 40 years. He is also currently director of the Henderson Opportunities trust and Invesco Income Growth trust. Beagles is a director of the BlackRock Emerging Europe trust, the C...

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