JP Morgan has appointed Audrey Childe-Freeman – latterly of Brown Brothers Harriman – as head of currency strategy for its private bank in EMEA.

While at Brown Brothers Harriman, Childe-Freeman was a senior FX strategist, covering the G10 and CEE currency bloc, in addition to being responsible for coverage of the Bank of England, European Central Bank, Swiss National Bank and Scandinavian Central Banks. Prior to this role she spent over a decade at CIBC World Markets heading up its European economics team.

In her new role Childe-Freeman reports to Rebecca Patterson, global head of currencies and commodities at JP Morgan Private Bank, and Soma Rao, head of fixed income, currencies and commodities for the private bank in EMEA.

“Audrey’s extensive expertise in FX and European macroeconomics make her a valuable addition to our team as we continue to grow our FX business and develop tailored foreign exchange investment strategies for our ultra high net worth clients globally. She will play a critical role in analysing investment opportunities and ideas and providing timely market updates in the G10 and emerging market currencies,” Rao said in a statement.

The appointment of Childe-Freeman comes in the same week as that of Rhian Horgan as the new head of alternative investments at JP Morgan Private Bank.

Horgan replaces Nick White, who has joined New York-based Highbridge Capital Management - a firm in which JP Morgan has a majority interest - as a managing director with responsibility for developing its hedge fund and principal strategies business across EMEA.

Horgan has been part of the alternative investments team at JP Morgan since 2008, having previously run the global equity derivatives business for the firm’s private bank and private client services units for three years. Before that she oversaw the structured investments platform for private clients across EMEA.