Turcan Connell sets up star-studded investment advisory board

Scottish law firm Turcan Connell has set up a star-studded investment advisory board (IAB) to aid the development of its asset management business.

The five-person AIB board will be headed up by Lesley Knox, chair of the Alliance Trust who was nominated as one of the 10 most powerful investment trust directors by Citywire earlier this year.

Turcan Connell said the primary role of the IAB will be to assist the firm with forming its investment strategy, working close with the company's chief investment officer and former Citywire Wealth Manager cover star Haig Bathgate (pictured).

Walker Crips' A-rated fund manager Jan Luthman will also be on the board, alongside GLG's emerging markets hedge fund managers Karim Abdel-Motaal and Bart Turtelboom.

Meanwhile, the former Martin Currie Japan fund manager Michael Thomas will act as the Asian market specialist. The five person board will work on non-executive basis.

Investment strategy

Bathgate said the appointments represent and exciting step forward for Turcan Connell, with the board's experience ultimately benefitting the firm's investment strategy.

'They will also provide oversight to Turcan Connell’s Partners on the functioning and investment performance of our Asset Management Group,' he said. 'To have this calibre of industry experts joining our Board is a significant endorsement for our business which, along with the investment markets generally, has grown in complexity over recent years.'

The five person board will also work closely with Turcan Connell's head of asset management Alex Montgomery to identify how the investment world is evolving and pinpoint key industry trends.