EIM has hired John Ward for the role of head of operational due diligence.

Ward will lead EIM’s existing team of experienced operational due diligence professionals and be responsible for maintaining the firm’s position as an industry leader. 

“Risk management and operational due diligence are two critical pillars of EIM’s fiduciary responsibility to its clients,” says EIM’s chairman Arpad Busson. “John Ward brings to the firm a wealth of practical knowledge and will be instrumental in developing this function.”

Ward will join EIM on 8 November from Nomura Funds Research & Technologies America where he was executive director and chief operating officer of its alternative products business.

Prior to his tenure with Nomura, Ward spent more than 15 years in the securities and asset management industries in a number of senior operational roles.

Ward will be based in EIM’s New York office.