Rothschild & Co has announced the appointment of Lucy Baldwin as Global Head of Equities, supporting the continued expansion of the firm’s Global Markets Solutions (GMS) platform and its institutional equities franchise.
Baldwin will lead Rothschild & Co’s Global Equities Business, encompassing Sales and Trading, Research and Corporate Access. She will focus on advancing the firm’s differentiated institutional equities platform as it continues to scale globally, building on its strong foundations and client offering across public markets. She will also help further strengthen connectivity between the firm’s advisory, capital markets and institutional investor franchises.
Commenting on the appointment, Robert Leitão, Managing Partner of Rothschild & Co, said: “Lucy is a highly respected markets leader with deep experience across equities, investor engagement and global platforms. Her appointment reflects our continued investment in building a world class equities capability and supporting our clients with the highest-quality insights, access and execution globally.”
Aadeesh Aggarwal, Global Co Head of Global Markets Solutions, added: “Rothschild & Co has built a distinctive equities platform, underpinned by high quality research and strong market facing capabilities. Lucy brings the experience required to lead its continued development, strengthening our institutional investor offering as part of the broader GMS strategy.”
Mark Connelly, Global Co Head of Global Markets Solutions, said: “Clients increasingly value consistency, insight and joined up expertise across markets. Lucy’s leadership will support the continued evolution of our equities platform as a coherent, global franchise that complements our advisory offering.”
Lucy joins from Citi, where she has held senior leadership roles spanning global research and markets platforms. She previously served as Global Head of Equity Sales at Credit Suisse and Head of European Equity Sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and earlier in her career held senior equity research roles at Goldman Sachs. She began her career as an equity research analyst at Cazenove.
Commenting on her appointment, Lucy Baldwin said: “Rothschild & Co has built a highly regarded equities platform with a distinctive culture, highly respected research capabilities and a clear strategic vision. I’m very much looking forward to working with colleagues across the business to build on these strong foundations, further strengthen connectivity between the firm’s institutional investor, advisory and capital markets activities, and continue developing the firm’s institutional equities capabilities globally.”
Source: Rothschild & Co
