BMO GAM appoints State Street's Cantrell to lead UK ETF sales

Will report to Rob Thorpe

BMO Global Asset Management has hired Christine Cantrell from State Street as sales director for UK ETF sales.

Reporting to Rob Thorpe (pictured), head of UK wholesale and retail sales, she will work with wealth managers and asset managers to promote the firm's ETF range. Cantrell joins from State Street, where she worked on the UK sales team for its range of SPDR ETFs for two years. Prior to this, she worked in business development for ETF Securities for five years. Following its acquisition by Bank of Montreal, BMO GAM has been keen boost its presence in the ETF space, after launching its first nine-strong ETF range in Europe last year.  Bank of Montreal is one of Canada's largest ETF pro...