Willis Towers Watson’s Asset Management Exchange (AMX) has announced a trio of hires to its London office as part of an ongoing expansion drive.

AMX, which was established by Willis Towers Watson in 2017, is increasing headcount in response to strong inflows into the funds on its platform. Assets on the exchange have roughly doubled since the start of the year, rising from around $3bn to $6.6bn as of mid-October.

The alternative asset management marketplace has hired Aaron Overy as head of client and manager development. Overy previously spent around twelve years working in the asset management division of Northern Trust, rising to the role of SVP.

Celia Larkin has joined AMX as manager development director. She previously held strategy and product development roles at Standard Life Aberdeen, Deutsche Bank, Threadneedle Asset Management and Janus Henderson Investors.

AMX has also appointed Elaine Russell as its head of client services. She joined the firm from Mercer where she’d worked as an investment consultant for around 18 years.

“We are thrilled to welcome Aaron, Celia and Elaine to our growing team,” said Oliver Jaegemann, Global Head of AMX. “Their experience will help us to continue the transformation of the institutional investment industry and further expand our offering.”

Jaegemann added: “Aaron’s expertise in the tax transparent fund market is crucial to support our common contractual funds offering. This structure enables investors to access the benefits of pooled fund structures while simultaneously protecting their tax status.”

Magnetar and Lomas are the most recent firms to list funds via AMX. Other managers on the platform include Graticule, Fulcrum, Wadhwani, Systematica and GSA Capital.

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