Jupiter names asset management veteran Nichola Pease as chairman

(Reuters) - UK's Jupiter Fund Management <JUP.L> appointed fund manager Nichola Pease as non-executive chairman on Wednesday in place of Liz Airey, who will step down in March next year.

After holding the position of chairman for five years, Airey makes way for Pease, who has over 30 years of experience in the asset management and financial services sector, the company said.

Pease was the top boss and subsequently the deputy chairman of British asset management firm J O Hambro Capital Management for 10 years until 2008.

(Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)