Fund People Update

BlackRock welcomes head of wealth APAC

Guilherme Lima is the new head of wealth for Asia Pacific at BlackRock. Lima moves into the role from Westpac as chief executive of the business division.

Rest Super appoints responsible investment manager

Kim Martina is the new manager of responsible investment at Rest Super, moving into the role from Cbus Super as a senior analyst.

Funds SA appoints director

Christopher Hall is now a director at Funds SA. Hall is Ellerston Capital’s investment chief, with a solid investment industry history.

UBS appoints country head for Australia and New Zealand

Alison Telfer is the new country head for Australia and New Zealand at UBS Asset Management, replacing John Mowat. Mowat is returning to running the UBS real estate business. Telfer moves into the role from BlackRock as chief operating officer, general counsel and head of public policy for Australiasia.

State Street welcomes head of Australia

Tim Helyar is the new country head for Australia at State Street Australia. Helyar moves into the role from JP Morgan Investor Services, most recently as head of fund services product development for Asia Pacific. The country head role is newly-created.

Aviva Investors appoints head of credit

Caroline Hedges is the new head of credit at Aviva Investors after Colin Purdie was promoted to chief investment officer in June. Hedges was most recently the head of liquidity and securities finance.

AustralianSuper welcomes head of risk

Andrew Mantello is the new head of risk at AustralianSuper, an internal promotion replacing Paul Schroder. Mantello was most recently head of emergent risks at the super fund.

 Aware Super appoints deputy CIO

Damien Webb has been appointed deputy chief investment officer at Aware Super, an internal promotion. Webb joined Aware Super in 2014 as head of income and real assets.