Edmond de Rothschild has promoted Alain Krief to the role of global chief investment officer (CIO) and Charles Lilford is joining as co-head of equities and senior portfolio manager for the Big Data strategy.
Krief is based in Paris and will report to Christophe Caspar, the global chief executive of Edmond de Rothschild AM
Krief has spent more than 30 years in fixed income and credit. Since 2019, he has led fixed income at Edmond de Rothschild AM, overseeing a 15-member team and €12bn of assets. From 2012 to 2019, he held an equivalent post at Oddo BHF Asset Management.
Earlier in his career, he served as global head of credit at BNP Paribas Asset Management (Fischer Francis Trees & Watts). He held senior positions in European high yield at Crédit Agricole Asset Management (Amundi) and Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management. At Edmond de Rothschild AM, the liquid investment division has 82 investment staff across fixed income, including credit and sovereign, listed equities, and multi asset and overlay.