RAM recruits investment veteran
Australian-owned Real Asset Management Group (RAM) has announced the appointment of an industry veteran to the key role of chief operating officer.
The firm announced that it had appointed investment consultancy professional, Oliver Mourant to the role.
Mourant joins RAM from the Jersey-based global investment consultancy, Enhance Group, which he co-founded in 2005 to oversee its growth to enterprise with more than £20 billion in assets under review and operations in London, Singapore, Geneva and Jersey.
Real Asset Management is an independent wealth and asset management firm with offices across Australia, Europe and in Hong Kong providing investment solutions to high-net-worth individuals, family offices and institutions, and is in a rapid growth phase.
It has launched new fixed income, private equity and real estate investment strategies for clients, increased assets under management and purchased nine metropolitan and regional Australian shopping centres over the past 14 months for its flagship Australian Retail Property Fund.
RAM Group Australia chief executive, Scott Kelly said Mourant’s proven operational track record made him a superb addition to RAM’s management team, which had more than 150 years of combined experience working in senior global and regional management positions in the world’s largest financial services firms.
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