People moves: Criterion, TrinityBridge, and Fidelity

Industry standards body Criterion has announced Billy Burnside will become its board chair following the retirement of Pat Shea.

Shea is set to retire after seven years as chair and will step down from the board. Burnside has been Criterion managing director for seven years, with the search for a new managing director underway. Criterion works with platforms, providers, advisers and technology firms to develop common standards for how data and business processes are exchanged across the industry. The organisation also co-manages STAR, the industry programme promoting transparency and performance improvements in pension and investment transfers.

TrinityBridge has appointed Bertie Weston-Davies as investment director.

Weston-Davies brings 15 years of industry experience to the role. Prior to joining TrinityBridge, Weston-Davies was at Rathbones for 14 years, initially joining as an investment manager before becoming a senior investment director. He will be based at the firm’s London offices in Marylebone and aim to strengthen TrinityBridge’s bespoke offering.

Fidelity International has appointed Fabien Collado as portfolio manager in its investment grade fixed income team.

Collado brings more than 17 years of experience in managing investment grade fixed income portfolios to the role. He joins from Insight Investment, where he spent five years managing euro corporate bond portfolios, impact investing strategies and net-zero aligned mandates. Prior to this, Collado spent almost 12 years at AXA Investment Managers, where he held a range of roles spanning portfolio engineering, active fixed income management, and management of global buy-and-maintain strategies. From 1 January 2027, he will assume portfolio management responsibility for Fidelity Funds – Euro Corporate Bond, Fidelity Funds – Euro Short Term Bond, and Fidelity Funds – Euro Bond.

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