JANA strengthens leadership team
JANA has appointed five new department heads as part of its leadership structure consolidation following the appointment of three general managers late last year.
Through internal promotions, the investment consultancy firm appointed Andrew Cassar to head of Australasian equities, Iain North to head of alternatives, Courtney Wilder to head of portfolio design and Gary Wilson to head of capital markets group.
The expansion of the leadership team also included the external appointment of Chris Worthington as head of quantitative analysis and risk.
Commenting on the appointments, JANA chief executive, Jim Lamborn, said: “In changing, uncertain times, institutional investors increasingly need to lean on the experience of partners that have depth and insight.
“Our clients will be well-serviced by this combination of elevating our existing staff into new leadership roles, who have many decades worth of experience and are fully embedded into JANA’s research-first philosophy, alongside new talent in Chris Worthington who brings a new perspective to our fast-growing quantitative risk team.”
Wilder, Worthington and Wilson would report to Kirsten Temple, general manager investment strategy, while Cassar and North would report to Anthony Ballard, general manager research.
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