East Capital Group strengthens its focus on third party sales with senior recruit Markus Hempelmark
“We continue to build the IR team with senior recruitments; having made several key hires on the institutional side late last year, we saw marked increases in our pipeline in both the Nordics and continental Europe. As a next step, we are looking to further our presence in the Nordic retail market and are happy to welcome Markus to the team,” says Nikodemus Dahlgren, Head of IR East Capital Group.
East Capital Group continues its efforts to expand its presence in the Nordic markets and attract new Nordic investors. With increased interest from clients we have seen the need to expand our IR efforts across all segments. As the first phase of this expansion, we made several key recruitments on the institutional side and are now, in the second phase, ramping up our retail capacity. Thereof, we are happy to announce the recruitment of Markus Hempelmark. Markus joins East Capital Group as the Head of Third Party and Private Sales, a key hire for East Capital Group in an exciting developmental and transformational phase. East Capital Group has 25 years of experience as a global asset manager; leveraging our regional and sector expertise with active investments in the world’s fast-growing economies. Markus will enhance the presence in the strategic Nordic region, improving our service to a growing number of IFA and private investors.
Markus Hempelmark has many years in the industry and extensive experience from private banking, investment, and advisory sectors. Markus has worked for several large pension funds as well as for well-known Swedish banks such as Nordea, Nordnet and SEB. Markus has extensive partner manager experience, among other roles, he has had national responsibility for the largest insurance intermediary agreements at SEB.
“I am very excited to join this highly driven East Capital team. On a professional level my many years of experience in the industry and IFA sector are a great match and on a personal level I feel passionate about the expansion journey we are in the midst of at East Capital,” says Markus Hempelmark.
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