Jupiter Asset Management has announced the appointment of John Chatfeild-Roberts as Chief Investment Officer. Since 2000, Edward Bonham Carter has combined the CIO role with his work as Chief Executive Officer.

John, who joined Jupiter in 2001 as head of the Jupiter Merlin Fund of Funds Team and who has 20 years’ experience as a fund manager, will take on the role from
3 February 2010. His position as Head of the Jupiter Merlin Fund of Funds Team will remain unchanged.

As CIO, John will be responsible for maintaining Jupiter’s reputation as a high alpha investment house - nurturing its investment talent and leading the Company’s investment managers.

Edward Bonham Carter, Chief Executive of Jupiter Asset Management, said: “In recent years John has been involved with me in many aspects of my work as CIO. With Jupiter’s business enjoying strong growth, it is the right time for John to take on the full CIO role. This will enable me to have a greater focus on developing Jupiter’s growing business and extending its international reach. In the nine years he has worked here, John has added materially to performance for Jupiter’s clients. He possesses the right skills, experience and character to enhance Jupiter’s fund management capabilities and I am delighted he will be taking on this role.”

John Chatfeild-Roberts said: “Investment is a people business and Jupiter has created a tremendous culture where fund managers are individually responsible for the funds they manage and work in an environment where they are able to perform to the best of their ability. I am excited to have been given the chance to lead the team as CIO and contribute further to the Company’s development, whilst continuing to manage the Jupiter Merlin Funds with my colleagues, Peter Lawery and Algy Smith-Maxwell.”