TwentyFour appoints new Chief Risk Officer

TwentyFour Asset Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Thomas as Chief Risk Officer.

Chris has previously served as Head of Investment Risk at Barclays and Santander Asset Management, and has also held a number of front office positions with UBS Alternative and Quantitative Investments, including Head of Risk and Head of Quantitative Analysis. Chris was also a portfolio manager for a quantitative equity hedge fund at UBS for six years.  

The appointment follows Sri Moorthy’s departure to join Vontobel Asset Management as its new Global Head of Risk.

Commenting on the appointment, Nick Knight-Evans, Chief Operating Officer at TwentyFour, said: “We are delighted to welcome Chris to the team. We’ve worked hard in recent years to build our risk capability with good risk management practices now firmly embedded in our day-to-day operations. Chris’ depth of experience will help us to further evolve our risk management practice.”