AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets (AXA IMRA) has appointed Florence Dard as global head of business development.
Dard will join on 5 March and lead a newly-created business development department based in Paris. She will report to Isabelle Scemama, CEO of AXA IMRA and join the management board.
'Florence brings with her a great deal of business development experience in asset management and is very well placed to lead our newly created business development department,' commented Scemama.
'In her previous role, she has been instrumental in the development of the AXA IM’s alternatives assets business, which remains a key area of growth for the firm.'
Dard has worked within AXA Group for more than 18 years in various roles, including 13 years within AXA Investment Managers as relationship manager for AXA France, head of corporate sales for pension and savings schemes and institutional sales manager.
In her latest role as head of France within the client group, Florence led the French sales, marketing and client services teams and contributed to the strategic development of AXA IM across all client segments in France.
