MEDIA RELEASE: Schroders Australia has appointed Lucy Briggs as its new Head of Marketing, Australia. Ms Briggs will be based in Sydney and report to Schroders Australia CEO, Sam Hallinan. She will commence the new role on 6 February 2023.

Ms Briggs joins Schroders following eight years at Magellan Asset Management, as the Head of Marketing from 2018 onwards, and prior to that as the Senior Marketing Manager. Before moving to Magellan, Ms Briggs was a Senior Marketing Manager at Fidelity International’s Australian business, having joined in 2009.

Mr Hallinan says Ms Briggs brings over 20 years’ experience to the role and is a seasoned marketing and communications leader, having worked in financial services in both Sydney and London.

“Lucy has strong industry and product knowledge across multiple asset classes, listed and unlisted funds, with an established track record of growing brands and leading high-performing marketing teams across the full marketing and communications spectrum,” Mr Hallinan says.

“We look forward to working with Lucy as she delivers best-in-class, innovative and solutions-based marketing outcomes for Schroders and our clients.”

Ms Briggs’ appointment follows the promotion of Amanda Irving, Schroders Head of Marketing for Australia, to Head of Marketing, APAC, with effect from 1 November 2022. Ms Irving relocated to Singapore in January 2023 to take up this role. She replaces Michelle Han who has moved to London to take up the role of Global Head of Growth and Digital Marketing. Ms Irving has 20 years of financial services marketing experience and was Marketing Director at BT Financial Group prior to joining Schroders.