Aegon Asset Management appoints Head of Inclusion & Diversity

6 January 2021

Global asset manager Aegon Asset Management has appointed Lindsay Hudson as Head of Inclusion & Diversity. In a new role for the business, Hudson will engage internally on I&D issues, and advocate for change externally.

Based in the UK, with global responsibility for inclusion and diversity across Aegon AM, Hudson will report to Jane Daniel Global Chief Risk & Compliance Officer & I&D Ambassador at Aegon AM. Hudson’s appointment will also see her become a member of the company’s Senior Management Group, working closely with Aegon AM’s Management Board.

Hudson joins Aegon AM from Invesco where she was EMEA Head of Diversity & Inclusion since 2018, establishing the company’s extensive I&D program. Previously, she worked as EMEA Operations Governance Manager at Invesco from 2015. Hudson also worked at discretionary management business Courtiers Investment Services for ten years as Head of Acquisitions and latterly Head of Sales & Operations. She has also held various roles during her 10 years at Perpetual Unit Trust Management including involvement in the integration of the Perpetual and Invesco businesses.

Hudson is a steering committee member of cross-company initiative the Diversity Project which promotes diversity in the investment industry and is an active participant in the Investment Association and the Women In Finance Charter.

Source: Aegon AM