He will be responsible for the continued development of AXA IM in the Asia Pacific region including Japan. He will also be a member of AXA IM’s Executive Committee.  Simon succeeds Jean-Pierre Leoni who, after four years in Asia, is returning to France where he will lead AXA IM’s Client Management Group.

Laurent Seyer, Global Head of Client Group, comments: “We are thrilled that Simon has joined our rapidly growing team in Asia-Pacific bringing with him invaluable investment management experience along with extensive knowledge of the challenges and opportunities offered by the region. Our focus as a business is on growing third party assets through geographical expansion, client segmentation and further strengthening of our product offering. Asia is a key market for us and with Simon on board, we will work to accelerate our expansion in Asia building on the solid foundations achieved by Jean-Pierre Leoni and the team over the past few years. Today, thanks to these efforts we have a growing presence in the region, providing investors in Asia with access to a wide range of investment solutions.”

Commenting on his new role, Simon Flood, Head of AXA IM Asia Pacific, says, “I am very pleased to be joining AXA IM at what is a very exciting time for the business. I hope that my years of experience in the industry will help AXA IM grow its retail and institutional business across the region. I have great respect for what AXA IM has achieved under the leadership of Jean-Pierre and look forward to working with the team to continue to grow our profile, client base and product offering in Asia.”

Simon is a veteran of the investment management industry. Prior to joining AXA IM, he was Chief Investment Officer at Lion Global Investors Limited and before that held a number of senior investment roles in the asset management industry, covering both the listed, developed and emerging, as well as private, equity markets. He has held a number of senior regional positions including leading the Asia Pacific ex Japan business for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Originally from New Zealand, Simon spent 15 years in London, followed by five years in Hong Kong before moving to Singapore in 2009.

AXA IM has been expanding both its investment teams and product offering in Asia. Last month, the firm added 20 funds in Hong Kong and Singapore, bringing the total number of registered funds to 36 across the two markets. In December 2013, Aidan Yao joined AXA IM as Senior Emerging Asia Economist and Jim Veneau became Head of Fixed Income Asia. Mark Tinker transferred from London to Hong Kong in September 2013 to be Head of AXA Framlington Asia.

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