Sean Taylor has joined Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management as a managing director and head of emerging markets equities, confirmed Randy Brown, DeAWM's co-chief investment officer.
The position is new.
Mr. Taylor will oversee DeAWM's emerging markets equity strategies and investment teams globally. He will report to Mr. Brown and Asoka Woehrmann, co-CIOs of DeAWM, and will be based in London.
“With many of our clients looking to increase their emerging markets exposure, Sean will be a valuable addition to the team,” Mr. Brown said.
Mr. Taylor was senior vice president and head of global emerging markets equity at Pioneer Investments. Geoff Smith, a spokesman for Pioneer Investments, did not return calls requesting comment by press time.