Fund People as at 14 April 2020

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New Appointments

Vanguard appoints head of operations, superannuation

Rachel Reynolds is the new head of superannuation operations at Vanguard. Reynolds moves across from CareSuper, where she held a role as executive manager of operations for nearly five years.

FSC welcomes deputy chief

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed Blake Briggs. Briggs was most recently at Westpac as head of government affairs for two years, having previously worked at the FSC as superannuation senior policy manager.

Schroders appoints Asia Pacific leaders

Chris Durack, the current head of Australian Schroders, is to take on the role of co-head of the Asia Pacific region. Durak will retain the chief executive role, with the new role shared with Singapore’s head, Susan Soh. Lieven Debruyne moved into a global head of distribution role earlier in 2020, with the two replacing him.

Noriaki Kurose is the new head of Japan’s Schroders’ business, moving from Pictet Asset Management as managing director.