Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), one of Europe's largest institutional asset managers, has appointed Teresa Poy as chief compliance officer. She will report to  Paul Sweeney, head of legal and regulatory affairs.

With more than 25 years of experience in UK regulation and compliance, Poy joins LGIM from investment firm TT International, where she served as head of compliance for Europe and North America. In that capacity, she was responsible for the UK-based compliance team,  which provided compliance support to TT International's global business in London, Hong Kong and New York.

Prior to that, Poy served as senior director at Barclays Global Investors, where she was deputy head of compliance for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and managed teams responsible for supporting regulatory policy, anti-money laundering and the monitoring team.  She previously held senior roles at UK regulators including the London Stock Exchange in the Traded Options market, policy, operations and monitoring divisions, and the Financial Services Authority.