AMP Capital, the Australian private client and institutional investment manager, has appointed a 25-year investment veteran to the role of senior portfolio manager in the multi asset group.

Gary Burke will take on portfolio management
responsibility for a number of AMP Capital’s diversified funds, reporting to AMP Capital head of portfolio management Debbie Alliston. He started today.

His previous role was head of investment management for Australia and New Zealand at Mercer, where he was based between 2005 and 2011. 

He has also held roles
including chief investment officer at Zurich Scudder Investment Management, investment director at Deutsche Funds Management and head of portfolio management at Rothschild Australia Asset Management.

“We continue to
boost resources in the multi asset group in support of our diversified fund
range, which we are continuing to expand with the recent launch of the Multi
Asset Fund," said Sean Henaghan,
AMP Capital investment director, multi-manager and investment solutions.