AustralianSuper has strengthened its global investment team in London with several new hires focusing on its UK and European business.
Head of equities Innes McKeand has relocated to AustralianSuper’s London office, as the fund continues to build out a global investment team in London and New York.
McKeand joins Damian Moloney, head of investments, international as the second member of the investments leadership team to be located in London. McKeand will continue his role advising on the development and implementation of a comprehensive strategy for the construction and management of the fund’s $100 bn equities portfolio.
He will also play a key role in the establishment and management of the fund’s New York office, and the overall growth of the fund’s international operations, reflecting the truly global nature of the fund’s investment portfolio.
‘Growing our offices in London and New York is a great opportunity for AustralianSuper to access some of the best talent internationally and to continue to develop a globally elite investment team across some of the world’s most important capital markets,’ McKeand said.
As a result of McKeand moving to the London office, Justin Pascoe has been appointed deputy head of equities and will take on the additional responsibility for day-to-day leadership of the team in Australia.
AustralianSuper has also appointed Paul Clark as senior investment director, property, in London. Clark will be responsible for Australian Super’s real estate investment activities in the UK and Europe. He was formerly chief investment officer at The Crown Estate.
Philippe Lenoble has also joined the London team as senior investment director, infrastructure. Lenoble’s experience spans infrastructure financing and investing over two decades. He will be responsible for AustralianSuper’s infrastructure investment activities in the UK and Europe, and was formerly managing director of Goldman Sachs' Infrastructure Investment Group and senior managing director with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s Infrastructure Group.
Mikaël Limpalaër has joined the London investment team as an investment director focused on real estate and infrastructure debt.
Limpalaër joins AustralianSuper from Aeriance where he held the role of director, real estate Lending. Prior to this he held senior positions at Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and Société Générale.
