NACM's Consultant Relations Head Joins DeAM

Susan Small, head of consultant relations atNicholas-Applegate Capital Management, left the firm after eight years to joinDeutsche Asset Managementas head of consultant relations globally, a new position, asMMLfirst reported Sept. 15. She reports toRoelfien Kuijpers, global head of institutional business, who previously oversaw consultant relations. Small's hire is not connected to the departure ofAmy Lesch, who left her role as managing director of U.S. consultant relations at DeAM in January to joinCitigroup Alternative Investments. Small, who is based in Chicago, andMayura Hooper, spokeswoman for DeAM, declined to comment.

At NACM, Small's responsibilities have been spread among the firm's sales and consultant relations team, led by Managing DirectorRanjit Sufi. The firm is recruiting to hire a couple of senior marketing professionals and may also add a junior person to both replace Small and grow the team, saidSusan Hunter, spokeswoman.