Aberdeen Asset Management Life and Pensions has appointed Helen Webster as chief operating officer.

Webster will be responsible for overseeing operational management and service provision as well as working on strategic development of the business within Aberdeen Group. She will report to Alan Blakeley, CEO of Aberdeen Life.

Aberdeen Life currently manages £1.9 bn (EUR 2.1 bn) of assets for a wide range of pension scheme and insurance clients spread over equity, fixed income and property products.

Prior to joining Aberdeen, Webster worked at Scottish Equitable and Aegon where she qualified as an actuary in 1998. More recently she was responsible for Product Development and Distribution Strategy at Aegon Asset Management where she was also a director of the firm’s offshore funds business.