CRIPPS Portfolio, based in Tunbridge Wells, has appointed Diana Corp as an investment manager. She joins the provider of integrated wealth management services from Principal Investment Management, Sevenoaks, where she was a fund manager with responsibility for the management of discretionary unit and investment trust portfolios.

She graduated from Southampton University in 1994 with an honours degree in chemistry with maths. She is a member of the UK Society of Investment Professionals. Diana began her career with National Provident Institution (NPI) in 1994 before moving to Principal as a PEP administrator a year later.

In May 2000 she became assistant fund manager and fund manager in 2001. In her new role, Diana will be responsible for the management of both advisory and discretionary investment portfolios, and using her experience of collective investment products to advise on stock selection.