Amundi names two new investment heads for Asia

FRENCH asset management company Amundi on Monday (Nov 7) named two new heads of investment overseeing various parts of Asia.

Florian Neto will succeed as the group’s new head of investment, Hong Kong & Taiwan and head of multi asset, Asia, while David Poh will become Amundi’s new head of investment and ESG strategies in South Asia.

Neto, who is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, started his career in Amundi in 2010 based in Paris as portfolio manager of institutional mandates before joining the multi-asset investment team in 2015.

As the new head of investment overseeing Hong Kong and Taiwan, Neto will supervise the group’s investment teams in those countries. He will also be directly responsible for the multi asset platform in the Asian region, on top of his duties as lead or co-lead portfolio manager of a range of open-ended funds and institutional multi asset mandates for Asian clients.

Poh, who has been a CFA since 1997, joined the group in 2018 as head of equities. He was subsequently appointed head of investments for Singapore before becoming the head of research at Amundi BOC (Bank of China) wealth management in 2020.

His appointment is effective immediately.