Aladdin appoints Keith Innes as Global Head of Sales

29 Jun 2010
Aladdin Capital Holdings has announced the appointment of Keith Innes as its Global Head of Sales. Innes joins Aladdin with over twenty-five years of financial industry experience in institutional sales at Lehman Brothers, Banque Indosuez (later bought by Credit Agricole), and most recently at Forum Partners. Innes will be based in Aladdin’s Stamford headquarters and hold chief responsibility for oversight of Aladdin’s global distribution capabilities.

Neal Neilinger, Chief Investment Officer at Aladdin, commented: “As Aladdin continues to grow both its investment banking and investment management businesses, it is critical to our success that we have someone in place with a strong management background to oversee the coordination and communication of our global sales and marketing efforts. Keith’s experience in managing and leading institutional sales teams will be very valuable to Aladdin.”

Innes will report directly to Chairman, Amin Aladin, and Neal Neilinger. In addition to his role as Global Head of Sales, Mr. Innes will also serve on Aladdin’s Executive Committee. Innes joins Aladdin from Forum Partners where he was responsible for sales and marketing. Prior to Forum Partners, Innes was a Managing Director and Co-head of a thirty person team with a $2 billion portfolio of Asian credit risk at Banque Indosuez in Hong Kong (later bought by Credit Agricole). Previously, Innes was an institutional salesperson and later headed Lehman Brothers fixed income business in Asia. Innes began his career in 1982 as an equity analyst at Phillips & Drew in London. He has an M.A. from the University of Glasgow in Political Economy.