David Derger to strengthen Ninety One’s distribution efforts in the Nordics
Ninety One, a global investment manager with £127.4 billion AUM (as at 30.09.24), has today announced the appointment of David Derger as Sales Director, Northern Europe. In this newly established role, Derger will be responsible for driving Ninety One’s commercial development across Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland as a key business region within Central and Northern Europe. Derger will be based in Stockholm.
With over 20 years industry experience, Derger joins Ninety One from PGIM Fixed Income where he was Head of Nordic Region, responsible for growing PGIM Fixed Income’s Nordic footprint with institutional investors and driving AUM growth. Prior to this, Derger was Head of Nordic Region for Natixis Investment Managers and Macquarie Investment Management and has held institutional distribution and investment consulting roles with HSBC Asset Management, Wassum, Coeli and Carnegie. Derger has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm University, School of Business.
Maik Fechner, Co-Head of Europe Client Group, Ninety One: “Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland are unique markets, made-up of sophisticated institutional investors, inclusive of pensions and insurance firms, but also financial groups capturing retail assets. In this new role David will help create a deeper understanding of how we can work with institutional investors to solve their investment challenges and innovate solutions that lead to better, long-term outcomes. Ninety One has a long-standing presence in the Nordic region and David is well placed to address the opportunities and challenges that these markets present.”
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