RBC GAM added two new U.S. Sales Directors to strengthen its sales force.

James Vigue joined RBC GAM’s U.S. Intermediary Sales Team on Jan. 10, as Midwest Sales Director. In this role, James will be responsible for leading RBC GAM’s Intermediary sales efforts in the Midwest region and will be based out of RBC GAM’s Chicago office. James will report to Dave Eikenberg, Head of U.S. Intermediary and Sub Advisory Sales.

James joins RBC GAM with over 20 years of market experience, most recently serving as Senior Vice President Portfolio Consultant at Amundi U.S. (formerly Pioneer Investments) in Chicago.  At Amundi, he acted as a team leader servicing RIA firms in the Midwest region and was honored multiple times as a top performer in RIA sales. Before joining Amundi, James spent 8 years at AMG Funds as a Senior Sales manager covering RIA firms and key accounts across the Midwest territory.

Drew Tewksbury joined RBC GAM’s U.S. Institutional Sales Team on January 18 as Director, Institutional Sales.  In this role, Drew will lead the sales efforts with middle market investors in the Northeast territory. He will report to Donald Sanya, Head of U.S. Institutional Sales and will be based in RBC GAM’s Boston office.
 
Drew joins RBC as an experienced and driven investment professional with a strong background in Distribution and a history of representing and positioning investment teams and their process to clients, prospects, and consultants. Drew has spent the past 6½  years as a Director of Institutional Sales and Equity Portfolio Specialist for Manulife Investment Management in Boston where he led the distribution in the Northeast and Midwest territories for the firm’s public and private market investment capabilities. Before that, he held multiple Institutional Sales roles with F-Squared Investments, F&C Management, and State Street Global Advisors.

Since the pandemic, RBC GAM-U.S. has added over 40 new employees across Sales, Marketing and Client Services to serve the Institutional and Intermediary business.