DWS Investments has appointed Gregory Troccoli and Robert Kendall as directors. Mr Troccoli will serve as senior national account manager responsible for managing client relationships with broker dealers, private banks and trusts. Mr Kendall will serve as national retail sales manager responsible for managing client relationships with broker dealers, financial advisors, banks and registered investment advisors.
The company said that Mr Troccoli will be based in New York, while Mr Kendall will be based in Chicago. They will both report directly to Michael Woods, head of distribution in US at DWS Investments Distributors.
Troccoli has over two decades of experience managing domestic and international sales teams for both retail and institutional channels, and was a managing director, co-head of platform sales at Bear Stearns & Co. He also served as chief technical analyst for Prudential Securities. Mr Kendall has over 14 years of experience in building and managing retail sales teams. Most recently he served as executive director, head of national sales and key account management for the national wirehouse and major bank channel of Van Kampen Investments.
Mr Woods, said: “We are delighted to welcome Greg and Bob to DWS Investments. The US retail investment market has undergone significant changes over the last two years, presenting us with timely opportunities. Meeting the changing needs of our growing client-base is our primary goal, and Bob and Greg are central to developing the structure necessary to help us deliver on that goal.”
DWS Investments is the US retail brand of Deutsche Bank’s global asset management division. It is the mutual fund brand in Germany, Europe and Asia. It makes investment strategies and solutions, traditionally reserved for institutions and high net worth individuals, available to the US retail investor.
