Aviva Investors has announced the appointment of two new senior hires to the firm’s equity team.
Luciano Lilloy will join as head of sustainable equities, whilst Duncan Bulgin will join the firm as head of equity research.
Lilloy joins the firm from Impax Asset Management and brings with him significant experience in sustainable and thematic investing. He will also become a named portfolio manager on the Global Climate Equity Strategy.
Bulgin joins the firm from GAM Investments and brings more than 20 years of investment experience as both an analyst and portfolio manager, including senior leadership roles at both GAM Investments and Newton Investment Management.
In addition to his role as head of equity research, Bulgin will also oversee global commodities research.
In addition to the arrival of Lilloy and Bulgin, Aviva Investors has united its equities capabilities under a single leadership structure. As part of these changes, the index investments team will also move into the equities business, led by Nicholette MacDonald-Brown who joined the firm as global head of active equities in September 2025.
Pictet Asset Management (Pictet AM) has announced the appointment of Alfred Le Léon, who joins as head of ETF distribution, EMEA, a newly created role following the recent launch of Pictet AM’s first ETFs in the European market.
Le Léon joins Pictet AM from J.P. Morgan, where he spent almost eight years as head of ETF distribution for France, Benelux and French-speaking Switzerland. He began his career in 2010 as an ETF specialist at HSBC and Deutsche Bank. He holds an MSc in economics and international dinance from the University of Bordeaux.
