AUI bolsters distribution team with restructure
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has made a number of changes to its distribution and business development team including the appointment of three key account managers and a business development manager.
Promoted to one of three newly-created roles, Theone Star will be responsible for multi-managers, private banks and brokers, family offices and some NSW-based institutions.
Before joining AUI in 2005, she held a number of BDM roles in financial services, including Bridges Financial Services and Colonial Margin Lending.
Allyce Mitchell has been appointed key account manager for AUI’s platform relationships. She was most recently national account support manager.
Huw O’Grady will take on responsibility of major national accounts, the position previously held by Star. He was previously AUI’s regional manager for Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
Rounding out the reshuffle, former business development associate Nick Everitt has been appointed BDM for VIC/SA/WA.
AUI head of retail distribution Damen Purcell said that as confidence returned to the retail investment market, the restructure would further expand the business’s adviser and dealer group relationships.
“In addition, the strong growth in certain segments of the market, such as family offices, means there has been a change in the kind of information and structures that some adviser groups require from fund managers, which we are well-placed to provide,” he said.
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