Geoff Blake will be promoted to chief executive officer of KBI Global Investors following the retirement of Sean Hawkshaw in March, who led the firm since 2004.
Blake has been deputy CEO under Hawkshaw since February last year, but has worked at KBI Global Investors for over 30 years, first joining the group in 1994.
He also acted as the firm’s global head of business development and client services since 2004, which included him building out KBI Global Investor’s North American business between 2007 to 2014.
His predecessor Hawkshaw will retire alongside chief investment officer Noel O’Halloran, both of whom have been with the firm since 1992.