CEO
Marc Mayer just left
GMO (Graham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co.) [see profile]. The Boston-based asset manager's
Web site now lists
Brad Hilsabeck, formerly head of global client relations, as the new chief, and Hilsabeck also took Mayer's GMO board seat.
Both
Pensions & Investments and
Bloomberg reported on the move.
A GMO spokesman told P&I that Mayer left today "to pursue other interests." Mayer first took the CEO spot two years ago. GMO co-founder and chief investment strategist
Jeremy Grantham told both pubs that Hilsabeck "has everyone's trust [and] will be successful in this new role." Neither report offers an explanation for Mayer's departure. 
Edited by:
Neil Anderson, Managing Editor
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