Liontrust restructures UK sales team and promotes Kristian Cook to distribution head

Cook joined in 2018

Liontrust has restructured its UK sales team, led by Kristian Cook, who has been promoted to head of UK distribution.

Cook joined the company in March 2018 as a single strategy sales manager in London. He was previously at Franklin Templeton and JP Morgan Asset Management. In his new role, Cook will report to Liontrust's head of global distribution Ian Chimes. As part of the UK sales team restructure, the single strategy and multi-asset teams will be combined, with each person being responsible for a broader range of products, promoting both single strategy and multi-asset funds and portfolios. Liontrust outflows continue to mount as AUMA sinks below £30bn Ian Chimes said: "Our focus is continu...