City-based hedge fund Brevan Howard is on the hunt for a US-based chairman sparking industry peculation that the $23 billion asset manager nay be planning a stock market listing, according to a report by Sky News.
The report cites a recruitment advertisement as revealing that Brevan Howard, which was jointly founded by billionaire Conservative Party donor Alan Howard, is looking for “a US-based independent chair to provide leadership and governance to its board and to help accelerate the company’s ambitious growth plans”.
The advert goes on to say that the successful applicant with have “an established and current track record within the broader financial services sector in the US and will have worked at the highest levels within such organisations”.
One of Brevan Howard’s Jersey-based fund strategies is already listed on the London Stock Exchange.
