Ex-Columbia Threadneedle EMEA CIO Burgess takes advisory role with Tulchan

Replaces Jonathan Baines

Former Columbia Threadneedle CIO Mark Burgess has been appointed as senior adviser at Tulchan Communications, replacing incumbent Jonathan Baines who will step down in March 2021.

Tulchan said Burgess would "initially" join as senior adviser, working with the firm three days a week and fully engaging with its clients. Burgess left Columbia Threadneedle in October after nine years as its deputy global CIO and CIO for EMEA, having been head of equities at Legal & General Investment Management for the previous nine years. Continued focus on high-quality companies to pay off despite potential cyclical rally Tulchan said Burgess had also been at the forefront of the development of the Governance Code alongside other practises that have characterised London's capi...