People: former Vontobel head joins structured products specialist firm

Ben Board (pictured), the former head of financial products sales UK, Ireland, Middle East & South Africa , at Vontobel, has resurfaced as head of strategic partnerships at structured investment specialist firm Investment Design & Distribution (Idad). Board left Vontobel in September 2019 after a six-month stint following the bank’s decision to shut down its UK hub. Based in London, Board reported functionally to the Swiss bank’s Zurich-based global head of sales, Peter Came