Cohen & Steers poaches GAM's Cooney for distribution team

Will report to David Conway

Real assets investment manager Cohen & Steers has hired Sean Cooney as senior director of EMEA wholesale distribution.

Cooney joins the firm from GAM Investments, where he was client director for the UK wholesale distribution channel and managed strategic relationships within the wealth manager, discretionary fund manager, multi-manager, ratings agency and IFA spaces. Prior to joining GAM in 2014, he held roles at Neptune Investment Management and Aviva Investors, and has two decades of experience within investment management. Room for growth: The real estate winners and losers of the vaccine roll-out In his new role, Cooney will report to David Conway, who was hired as head of wholesale distributi...