Jupiter poaches Beesley from Artemis for CIO role

Matthew Beesley will join in January 2022

Artemis' Matthew Beesley has been appointed chief investment officer at Jupiter, replacing outgoing CIO Stephen Pearson, who is set to retire from the industry.

Subject to regulatory approval, Beesley will join the company in January 2022, reporting to CEO Andrew Formica, and will join the executive committee of the company. Beesley has almost 25 years of experience in the industry and has been at Artemis in the CIO role since April 2020. Prior to that, he was head of investment at GAM from 2017 and head of global equities at Henderson. He is also a member of the Church of England Pension Board's investment committee, advising on $4bn of ethically invested pension fund assets. In the CIO role, Beesley will have overall responsibility for t...