Former NAB Asset Management Investment Management general manager, Sam Hallinan has been appointed as the new Australian managing director of Nikko Asset Management.
The company announced today that Hallinan would take up his role as of 1 April.
He was both General Manager of Investment Management at NAB Asset Management and also managing director of Antares Capital Partners — a NAB Asset Management affiliate.
Confirming Hallinan’s appointment, Nikko Asset Management chief executive, Takumi Shibata said it reflected the company’s commitment to developing a world-class fund management culture in Australia.
Nikko Asset Management describes itself as having transformed its Australian business, which was formerly known as Tyndall Asset Management, from a domestic company specialising in managing local equity and fixed income funds to a global player offering access to asset management capabilities extending around the world.
Hallinan succeeds Mike Davis as Managing Director for Australia.
