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Aztec Group Names Benjamin Lucas CEO

Aztec Group Names Benjamin Lucas CEO

Aztec Group has appointed Benjamin Lucas as CEO, succeeding Sean Hagerty, who has served as interim CEO since October 2025 and will return to his role as chair of the company’s board.

Lucas will officially join the UK-based firm on July 1 and will oversee more than 2,200 employees across the U.K., U.S., Luxembourg, Ireland and the Channel Islands.

He joins Aztec Group from Amundi Technology, where he served as CEO, leading a global technology platform serving investment and wealth management clients. Before that, Lucas held senior leadership positions at EY and KPMG, including roles as U.K. Head of Asset Management and Global Head of Asset Management Consulting.

“Ben shares our culture and client focused mindset,” said Sean Hagerty. “He also brings deep commercial and technology expertise, a track record of leading complex global businesses and a growth mentality that aligns with both our client proposition and our ambition for the future.”

Lucas said the firm’s blend of specialization and technology positioning stood out as private markets continue evolving globally.

“Aztec has built something genuinely rare – a culture where deep specialist expertise, long-term client partnerships and a serious technology ambition sit together naturally,” Lucas said. “That combination matters more than ever as private markets grow in scale and complexity.”

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Joe Palmisano is Editorial Director for Connect Money, where he brings nearly three decades experience of market insights as a financial journalist, analyst and senior portfolio manager for leading financial publications, advisory firms, and hedge funds. In his role as Editorial Director, Joe is responsible for the selection of content and creation of daily business news covering the financial markets, including Alternative Assets, Direct Investment and Financial Advisory services. Before joining Connect Money, Joe was a financial journalist for the Wall Street Journal, regularly publishing feature stories and trend pieces on the foreign exchange, global fixed income and equity markets. Joe parlayed his experience as a financial journalist into roles as a Senior Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager, writing daily and weekly market analysis and managing a FX and US equity portfolio. Joe was also a contributing writer for industry magazines and publications, including SFO Magazine and the CMT Association. Joe earned a B.S.B.A. in Finance from The American University. He holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.

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