Jupiter appoints Stephen Mitchell

27 Nov 2014


Jupiter is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Mitchell to the role of Head of Strategy, Global Equities.

In this newly-created role, Stephen will be responsible for developing Jupiter's global equity business for institutional and retail investors in the UK and international markets. Stephen's investment experience, which spans three decades, means he is well qualified to drive forward Jupiter's objective to grow its global equities proposition.

Stephen will be joining Jupiter in the new year from Caledonia Investments plc ('Caledonia'), where he has held the position of Associate Director since 2011. He also sat on the firm's investment and approvals committees. Prior to this, Stephen spent 21 years working in a number of senior fund management roles, first at Fleming & Co and then at JP Morgan Asset Management. During this time, he was responsible for building teams, setting overall investment policy and asset allocation decisions. His experience extends over a diverse range of asset classes.

Stephen Pearson, Head of Investment at Jupiter, said: "Global equities represent a strategically important asset class for Jupiter in the near term. With Stephen's hire we will bring together our global equity capability under a single head to coordinate our efforts. This will enable us to broaden and strengthen our product range in the future.

"Stephen has a proven long-term performance track record as a value-orientated investor. His investment style and process will be highly complementary to Jupiter's successful investment team and we very much look forward to welcoming him."

Stephen Mitchell said: "Jupiter's reputation for attracting and keeping fund management talent is well-established and I am looking forward to joining a company which is committed to delivering strong returns to clients through its highly active investment approach. This is a very interesting time to be joining and I am very much looking forward to further developing and building on the performance of the global equity product."

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Jupiter Unit Trust Managers Limited (JUTM) and Jupiter Asset Management (JAM) are both authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and their registered address is 1 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7JJ. They are both subsidiaries of Jupiter Investment Management Group Limited and the group is collectively known as "Jupiter".

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