Alexander Forbes has appointed Ann Leepile as chief executive officer of the group's investments division, effective February 1, 2022. The chartered financial analyst charter holder has 20 years of experience in the investment industry and has attended the Executive Women in Leadership Programme of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Leepile has also previously served as the head of global manager research and ultimately deputy chief investment officer of Alexander Forbes Investments (formerly Investment Solutions), which the group says gives her direct insight into the dynamics of the business and its clients.