Capital Group hires from BlackRock for newly-created role

New head of product and investment services

Capital Group has appointed Alexandra Haggard from BlackRock as head of product and investment services for Europe and Asia, based in London.

In the newly-created role, she will oversee the strategy and expansion of Capital Group's investment services in Europe and Asia, reporting to head of Europe and Asia client group Guy Henriques. At BlackRock, she was global head of equity product and EMEA head of strategic pricing and, prior to that, was chief executive of Stamford Associates. Update: Capital Group hires Jessica Ground after two decades with Schroders Capital Group, which runs more than US$1.9trn in assets under management, said that Haggard will lead a team of product specialists who support the business with prod...