Boston, MA 05/20/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:HBAN) announced that, John Augustine has been named the new Chief Investment Officer for the Private Client Group. John himself is well known around the world as an investment strategist has been appointed for this job. The newly appointed CIO is also famous in the financial world for his frequent appearances on Bloomberg and CNBC. The company also announced that John will be responsible for the activities and investment strategies for the fiduciary businesses of the bank. He will directly report to the Director of the Huntington Trust, Steve Short.
John Augustine’s career
John Augustine has an immensely experienced career with about 30 years of broad experience in portfolio management, market strategy and banking. In the last 13 years of his career he was appointed as the chief economic and market strategist for the Fifth Third Asset Management, Inc. He was also a portfolio manager for the LifeModel Funds for the Fifth Third group.
Word from the company
Steve Short said that the joining of John in the Huntington family has delighted them all. John brings his experience and s strong track record as a portfolio manager which will surely help the company. He also added that John will bring his exceptional skills and capabilities as a help to the company which will help the company to drive growth in assets under his management.
On the other hand, John is also very excited to join Huntington Bancshares Corporation. The post of CIO in a $60 billion company is a powerful market position in the Midwest and has the responsibility of doing the right thing for the customers. John also added that Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:HBAN) is well positioned for growth in the near future and he, as a CIO will help in its growth. His last tenure in the Ids Financial Services and Heritage Trust & Asset Management w plans to stretch his success for Huntington as well. as a successful one, and he
