MLC ramps up implemented consulting
MLC has appointed Susan Gosling as general manager of its implemented consulting division as part of the group’s ongoing strategy to strengthen its consulting capabilities.
Gosling’s appointment will be followed up by more appointments “in coming months” to further boost MLC’s consulting capability, according to Michelle Tredenick, head of MLC’s Corporate Solutions division.
A member of MLC’s investment division for the past two years, Gosling will report to group chief investment officer Chris Condon in her new role.
Her duties include achieving a “closer integration” of the investment and consulting divisions as well as “spending a significant amount of time researching the capital markets”.
Gosling has more than 17 years experience in the investment management industry in Australia and the UK, including a stint at boutique private equities firm CVC Investment Managers before joining MLC.
She has held a number of senior funds management positions, including chief investment officer of both Advance Asset Management and United Funds Management.
In addition, she was a founder and director of United Funds Management, and is a former director of the Australian Investment Managers Association.
Recent appointments to the implemented consulting division include Stephen Bramley as head of business development and client services, and Gareth Abley as senior asset consultant.
The division’s funds under management (FUM) have grown to over $3 billion of FUM on behalf of 26 clients since launching in2001, Tredenick says.
It also services MLC’s traditional wholesale diversified fund mandates, totalling over $3 billion.
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