Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has appointed Christèle Clémence as Senior Sales for Strategic Accounts. The firm aims to bolster its business with strategic intermediaries in Switzerland and increase its market share.

Clémence will be responsible for enhancing the sales offering, targeting global financial institutions, banks, asset managers, and family offices in German-speaking Switzerland, as stated in a  press release on Thursday. The new sales manager, with extensive experience in business development, will be based in Zurich and will report to Samira Sadik, Head of Wholesale Distribution Switzerland.

From Lord Abbett

For the past three and a half years, Clémence worked at the American asset manager Lord Abbett, where she served as Head of Switzerland and led the Swiss branch's development in the German-speaking European region.

Previously, she was Deputy Head of Wholesale at Robeco and held senior positions at UBS and Bank Syz. She is also a committee member of Women in Sustainable Finance and a board member of a non-profit organization.