Coming from DWS: Columbia Threadneedle with new sales manager

Milijana Lazić will join Columbia Threadneedle Investments on July 1, 2025. As Sales Director, she will support financial advisors and asset managers from Frankfurt. She will report to Bernd Klapper, Head of Wholesale Germany at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

Lazić previously held various positions at DWS for over seven years – most recently as Senior Key Account Manager in the Wholesale division. There, her responsibilities included strategic client retention. Prior to joining DWS, she worked as a Financial Advisor at Deutsche Vermögensberatung.

In her new role at Columbia Threadneedle, she succeeds Benno Kriews, who joined UBP at the beginning of the year. "The advisory business is the oldest pillar of our German wholesale distribution," says Klapper.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is a global asset manager with over 2,300 employees in 17 countries. The company manages €575 billion and is part of Ameriprise Financial.