Catella : New recruitments enhance Catella’s fund team

'We are pleased and proud to be able to announce Josef Mehkri as a new senior client manager at Catella's fund management unit. With his extensive background from major Swedish and international banks, Josef will be an excellent complement to the existing team. In addition, we have recruited Carl Berg, who previously worked with portfolio management and advisory services at Catella Bank, to the sales team. This means we can start 2017 with a really strong team in our fund management operations,' says Erik Kjellgren, head of the Swedish fund operations.

Josef Mehkri joins us from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, London, where he was a Director in Equities. Prior to that, Josef spent six years at SEB where he was responsible for the institutional segment in Asset Sales and a client manager for hedge funds and financial organisations. Josef has also worked in both Sweden and abroad for companies including Natixis, Svenska Handelsbanken and Lehman Brothers, in derivatives and corporate finance.

Carl Berg has worked with advisory services and discretionary portfolio management at Catella Bank since 2012, and was also on the bank's investment committee. Prior to that, he worked for four years as a stock broker and as an advisor on the investment team at Skandia.

Carl Berg took up his position on 1 November 2016 and Josef Mehkritook up his position on 2 January 2017.