Channel Capital strengthens its distribution team
Channel Capital has announced two key hires across its distribution and marketing team, with Byron Slessar being appointed to a role of distribution director while Angela Dovitsas being named as the company’s new head of marketing, communications and content.
Slessar, who would be looking after dealer groups and IFAs in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory, has over ten years’ of experience in financial services across distribution, risk management and accounting.
Most recently he worked as sales director at Janus Henderson Investors and prior to this he was an audit in-charge within the financial services audit division at KPMG.
Dovitsas has over 17 years of experience and in the past she worked for both institutional and retail funds management across traditional and alternative asset classes at Macquarie.
She also worked closely with advisers and their high net worth clients at Perpetual Private and within the platform space at Mason Stevens where she was responsible for the digital marketing strategy, execution and content development for the separately managed account and managed portfolio business.
Channel’s head of distribution, Andrew King said: “As we grow our business and boutique investment manager stable, it’s crucial that our team has an investment specialist focus, and Byron and Angela bring that to our business.”
“We see 2018 as being an exciting year for Channel Capital and we’re delighted to have strengthened our team with the appointment of Byron and Angela.”
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