Chief Executive Officer - EMEA, Russell Investments

Pascal Duval is CEO of Russell Investments’ Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, based in London. Since he joined Russell in 1994, Mr Duval has held various senior positions in the organisation.

He has been head of partnerships and distribution alliances business in EMEA, which included responsibility for development of new strategic relationships across the region, such as Russell’s multi-manager fund programmes for the UK with the Lloyds TSB/Scottish Widows Group, for Italy with ARCA SGR Spa, for France with the Société Générale Group and for Israel with Bank Hapoalim. Mr Duval is a member of Russell’s global executive committee.

Previously, he was managing director and head of Russell’s institutional investors business in the EMEA region. Before moving to London in 2001, Mr Duval was based in Russell’s Paris office, as managing director of the French office. Prior to this he was director of Russell’s consulting and analytical services operations in France.

Prior to Russell, he worked for Wyatt Paris from 1989 to 1994 as a consultant in the company’s newly created asset consulting department. He spent one year with Eurospet Associés, an organization and information systems consulting firm. From 1985 to 1988, Mr Duval worked as a commodity trader on physical and futures markets for Riz et Denrées, an international commodity trading company.

He studied at Paris University and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.