Alphinity Investment Management, one of Australia’s leading fund managers, has grown its Australian and Global Equities Teams with the appointment of two senior analysts.
Reflecting the successful growth of the firm, Stuart Welch has been appointed to the newly created role of Senior Research Analyst. Stuart has almost 20 years of Australian and global financial markets experience and a strong academic background. Prior to joining Alphinity, he spent seven years as an Investment Analyst at Fidelity International Australia covering a range of sectors, including healthcare, banks, diversified financials, infrastructure and transport. At Alphinity he will continue to cover health care as well as transport and infrastructure. Stuart has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney and holds a Masters of Management Studies from Cambridge University, as well as being a CFA charterholder.
Richard Hitchens has been appointed to the existing role of Senior Quantitative Analyst, serving both the Australian and Global Equities teams. He replaces Alphinity veteran Shane Kelly who is relocating to the United Kingdom. Richard is well known to both equities teams having been a service provider to Alphinity for a number of years. Richard has spent the past six years working at Credit Suisse Australia, serving as Director of Quantitative Research from 2014. He qualified as an actuary in 1998 and worked for JB Were, Goldman Sachs JB Were and RBS Australia in a range of roles before joining Credit Suisse. Richard is in the final stages of a Masters Degree in Information and Data Science at UC Berkeley in San Francisco.
Alphinity Lead Portfolio Manager Johan Carlberg said: “We are pleased to have recruited such experienced analysts as Stuart and Richard to Alphinity. Their appointments and the growth of our team are indicative of our success and continued commitment to achieving superior outcomes for our clients.
“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Shane Kelly for his outstanding contribution. Shane was Alphinity’s first employee, joining the company not long after it started in 2010, and he will also be Alphinity’s first ever staff departure. We wish him the greatest success in the United Kingdom,” Johan said.
