Fund People Update

New Appointments

Challenger appoints GM of retail distribution

Luke Cheetham is the new general manager of retail distribution at Challenger, moving across from AMP as head of distribution, wealth management. Cheetham has clocked over a decade at AMP. A replacement has yet to be found at AMP.

VFMC appoints head of equities

Michael Stavropoulos is Victoria Funds Management Corporation’s new head of equities, moving into the role from a portfolio manager position within the company. Stavropoulos was the acting head of equities in late 2019 when Kent Sutherland left after 15 years. The new portfolio manager is Shali Lingaretnam, who moves into the role from CCI Asset Management.

Bennelong welcomes distribution head

Eric Finnell is the new institutional distribution executive at Bennelong Funds Management, moving across from Fisher Investments. as co-head of institutional business development and client services for Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.

Frontier Advisors appoints head of technology and operations

David Jenkins is to take on the role of head of technology and operations at Frontier Advisors. Jenkins moves across from a role as head of product APAC for Liquidnet, being based overseas for 16 years and now returning to Australia.

Departures

SuperConcepts loses SMSF technical services executive

Mark Ellem has left the SuperConcepts technical services team, as self-managed superannuation funds technical services executive manager. Ellem has been with SuperConcepts for just over six years. Ellem was awarded the industry body’s CEO award in 2019 and was awarded an SMSF Association fellow designation.