Affiliated Managers Group, the New York-listed asset manager, has selected Andrew Dyson for the newly-created position of executive vice president, with responsibility for the company’s global distribution platform. He will be based in AMG’s office in London.

Dyson joins the firm from one of its competitors, BlackRock, where he was head of the global institutional client business. He was previously responsible for international distribution at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, which merged with BlackRock in 2006. Before joining MLIM in 2001, he was a worldwide partner at the New York City-based consulting firm William M Mercer.

AMG also bolstered its global team last month with the hire of Michael Moth-Greve as director of business development for the Nordic region.

The company had around $340 billion under asset management at end of March this year.