Newton appointed June Jessop as new head of charities for Scotland. He is scheduled to join its Edinburgh office in April.
Jessop will provide leadership to the team of charity fund managers based in Edinburgh that manages £230m of assets on behalf of more than 50 charity clients. Jessop will report to Mike Connor, investment director.
Jessop will brings more than 19 years of investment management experience to the new role at Newton.
Prior to Newton, Jessop was a director at Cornelian Asset Managers in Edinburgh for over four years, where she was responsible for growing the company’s charity client base and for managing charity portfolios on a discretionary basis.
In addition to Jessop’s appointment, Newton has promoted Matthew Dey to the role of business development manager for its Edinburgh office.
Dey joined Newton as a trainee portfolio manager in 2009. Over this period, Dey has been assisting with the day to day running of client portfolios for both charity and private clients.
With offices in Edinburgh since 1994, Newton’s investment management team looks after £860m of private client and charity assets.
