Hearthstone appoints new CEO

London-based Hearthstone Investments, a residential property investment specialist, has appointed Cedric Bucher as CEO.

Bucher will be responsible for driving the growth of the specialist fund manager and its residential property investment funds.

He joins Hearthstone from investment adviser Cardano, where he was co-head of defined contribution, overseeing all commercial aspects of its new defined contribution business. Prior to that, he spent six years at Architas, the multi-manager of the AXA Group, ultimately as head of United Kingdom with responsibility for strategy, P&L, sales, marketing and proposition.

Bucher has also held senior commercial positions in the fund management business lines of SEI and Barclays Wealth.