Deutsche AM appoints Australia’s head of sales
Deutsche Asset Management (AM) has appointed Alex Francois as new director of sales, asset management in the Global Client Group (GCG), Australia and New Zealand.
In his new role, he would be responsible for Deutsche AM’s public market capabilities, including equities and multi asset and would play a central role in the firm’s strategy across the two countries.
Francois, who has more than 25 years’ of experience in sales and distribution across institutional and wholesale markets, joined from William Blair Investment Management where he served as head of institutional distribution and was responsible for establishing the investment business in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, covering global equities, emerging markets and multi asset capabilities.
Prior to this, he held senior positions at Provident Capital, Principal Global I investors Australia, Schroders and ING NZ.
Deutsche AM’s Australia based business currently holds $5.8 billion dollars in assets under management, as of December 31, 2017, while globally Deutsche AM managed $4.1 billion dollars on behalf of Australian institutional investors covering active, passive and alternative strategies.
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