Helena Morrissey becomes group chair of Altum

Focus on diversity

Helena Morrissey has joined Altum Group as the firm’s chair.

Morrissey, who was previously CEO of Newton Investment Management and chair of the Investment Assocation, has sat on various boards in her career. Currently, she sits as chair of AJ Bell and Fidelis, a specialist insurance company, though is set to depart her role at AJ Bell when the board finds a successor. She is also director of All Perspectives, the company behind GB News. Before that, she was also a lead non-executive director at the Foreign Office and head of personal investing at Legal and General Investment Management. She began her career at Schroders covering global bonds. ...