Christophe Tamet has been named Legal & General’s new head of credit.

Earlier in his career Tamet worked within the chief investment officer of JP Morgan Chase as credit chief.

In his new role he will be directly responsible for Roger Bartley, L&G’s active fixed income chief.

The insurance firm has made the appointment to bolster the fixed income team, following a confident performance over the course of the last year and a half.

Bartley has welcomed the presence of Tamet’s and that it was a strong indicator that L&G was committed to improving the fixed income team.