Martin Currie expands team


Specialist active equity manager, Martin Currie has expanded its Australian sales, marketing, and client services team with the hire of a new regional marketing manager from AllianceBernstein (AB), and a client service and sales support manager from Perennial Investment Partners.
The company announced this week that Carly Bode, CFA, was joining the fund manager as marketing manager, and Phil Richter was joining in the role of client service sales support.
It said both people would be based in Melbourne, alongside the investment team.
The announcement said that Bode would be focused on the development and implementation of the marketing strategy for the Martin Currie Australia product range, working closely with Reece Birtles, chief investment officer at Martin Currie Australia and his investment team.
It said Richter would focus on servicing the institutional client base in Australia and Asia, and work closely with Kimon Kouryialas, head of Pan Asia to promote Martin Currie's Australian and global investment capabilities to institutional clients.
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