
Chris Cummings chosen to lead Investment Association

TheCityUK founder Chris Cummings has been named the new chief executive of the Investment Association (IA) following the departure of Daniel Godfrey last October.
Cummings (pictured above) is expected to join the asset management trade body by the end of the third quarter after being voted in unanimously by all members of the board. Guy Sears, who led the IA...
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