SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Janus Henderson Group plc (ASX: JHG) has appointed Ali Dibadj as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the corporate efficient no later than 27 June 2022.
Ali Dibadj succeeds Dick Weil, who, as beforehand announced, will retire as CEO and a member of the Board as of 31 March 2022. Effective 1 April 2022, the Board has appointed Roger Thompson, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to function Interim CEO till Mr Dibadj joins JHG.
To assist in an orderly switch of responsibilities, Mr Weil will function an adviser to Janus Henderson through 30 June 2022.
Ali Dibadj, 46, joins the Company from AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (AB) the place he has served as CFO & Head of Strategy since February 2021 in addition to Portfolio Manager for AB Equities since 2017.
Previously, he served as AB’s Head of Finance and Head of Strategy from April 2020 to February 2021. He co-led AB’s Strategy Committee in 2019 and served as a senior analysis analyst with Bernstein Research Services from 2006 to 2020, a interval throughout which he was ranked because the primary analyst twelve times by Institutional Investor.
Prior to becoming a member of AB, he spent almost a decade in administration consulting, together with at McKinsey & Company and Mercer. Mr Dibadj holds a Bachelor of Science in engineering sciences from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
Richard Gillingwater, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Janus Henderson Group, said, “We are happy to nominate Ali Dibadj because the Company’s subsequent CEO. As a half of our CEO transition planning, we conducted an extensive internal and exterior search to identify an executive who each understands our enterprise and has the necessary strategic experience to assist drive the firm’s subsequent phase of growth for the profit of our clients and shareholders. The Board is assured that Ali is the ideal option to lead this nice firm into its subsequent phase of growth and worth creation.”
Ali Dibadj said, “I am delighted to join Janus Henderson and look ahead to having the chance to lead such a talented group of professionals at an important time for the Company and the industry.
I have lengthy admired Janus Henderson’s dedication to ship for its clients with funding and servicing excellence. The executive team, the Board, and I look ahead to identifying, expediting, and capturing growth and innovation that creates worth for our clients, employees, shareholders, communities, and all stakeholders.”
Mr Gillingwater added, “On behalf of the Board, I additionally need to increase my appreciation to Roger Thompson for stepping into the role of Interim CEO throughout this important interval of transition. Roger is consultant of the deep bench of expertise we have at Janus Henderson.”
Mr Gillingwater continued, “We thank Dick Weil for his management over the years and want him all of the best in his well-deserved retirement.”
Mr Dibadj is additionally anticipated to join the Board after he commences employment with the Company.
Janus Henderson Group is a quantity one global active asset supervisor devoted to serving to investors obtain long-term monetary goals through a broad vary of funding solutions, together with equities, fixed income, quantitative equities, multi-asset and alternative asset class strategies.
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