Daniel Pante

GQG Partners, one of the world’s leading global equity boutique investment management firms, has appointed Daniel Pantè as Associate Director of Business Development – VIC. Mr Pantè is the second distribution hire for GQG Partners in Melbourne, where he will join current Director of Business Development, Muneeza Killen, as GQG Partners continues to expand their Australian wholesale footprint.

Mr Pantè has more than 15 years of experience in the finance industry, including 13 years as a financial adviser, during which time he owned and operated his own Geelong based financial advice practice for four years. Most recently, Mr Pantè was a Business Development Manager for Macquarie Group, covering both cash and wealth platform solutions.

In his new role at GQG Partners, Mr Pantè will report to Director of Wholesale Markets, Daniel Bullock who commented that Mr Pantè’s appointment is central to further expanding the company’s national distribution strategy.

“Dan is a welcome addition to the GQG Partners wholesale team and brings with him yet another differentiated background. His firsthand experience as a financial adviser, as well as his alignment in values with GQG Partners, will improve the current wholesale distribution teams’ capabilities and makes him a natural fit for taking our products to the Victorian market. We look forward to working with Dan as he delivers best-in-class outcomes for GQG Partners and our clients.”

Mr Pantè holds a Bachelor of Business with Distinction from RMIT University.

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Mr Jenkins will be based in Brisbane and has over 15 years’ experience in the wealth management industry, covering sales, client services, product and platform development, training and development, and stakeholder management.

He joins GQG Partners from Colonial First State, where he was most recently a Strategic Account Manager managing investment and platform relationships with key wealth management clients.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in finance and economics from Griffith University and has a Diploma of Financial Planning from Kaplan.

Ms Killen has over 12 years’ experience combined in sales and distribution, and financial services recruitment, in Australia and the United Kingdom. She will be based in Melbourne.

Before joining GQG Partners, Ms Killen was Director of Sales at Talaria Capital, where she was responsible for distribution in both Victoria and Queensland.  Ms Killen is also currently the Victorian state chair for the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA).

She has a Bachelor of Arts, first class honours, from Middlesex University in the United Kingdom, and holds a Diploma of Financial Planning (RG146) from the Monarch Institute in Australia.

Daniel Bullock, director of wholesale markets at GQG Partners, said that Mr Jenkins’ diverse industry knowledge and experience across product development and distribution, along with Ms Killen’s track record raising capital for a global equity boutique, will be invaluable to GQG Partners as it continues to grow its brand in the Australian wholesale market.

“David and Muneeza are both high quality and well respected sales professionals and their appointments are a key step in further strengthening and expanding our presence in Australia,” said Mr Bullock.

The appointments follow GQG Partners’ successful listing on the ASX last year which has underscored its commitment to the Australian market.

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Mr Naidu joins GQG Partners from Vanguard Investments where he was responsible for retail distribution to financial advisers in New South Wales and ACT including institutionally aligned dealer groups, independent financial advisers and boutique planning groups.

Mr Bullock said the strong growth of the Australian business has created a need for additional senior personnel.

“Ash has considerable experience and expertise building relationships with the local wholesale market, and he’ll be a key point of contact with, and support for, our network of wholesale asset consultants, national licensees, private banks and independent wealth firms.

“Our business has grown significantly in the Australian market since first launching here in 2018, and we continue to see strong interest in our global equities and emerging markets capabilities which have performed strongly despite the turmoil of markets in 2020.

“In the past 12 months alone we have received top ratings for our funds from Morningstar, Lonsec and Zenith and have been added to the majority of platforms in the market.  In addition, we won the ‘International Equities – Emerging Markets and Regional’ category at the Zenith Fund Awards 2020, which is a testament to the strength of the investment process and the skills of the portfolio managers in identifying market risks and opportunities over recent months, ” Mr Bullock said.

Before his time at Vanguard, Mr Naidu worked in business development roles for Westpac Private Bank and Macquarie Bank.  He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science and Technology from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Business in Finance from the University of Technology, Sydney.  He also holds a Certified Investment Management Analyst certification from CIMA Society of Australia (formerly the Investment Management Consulting Association) and is a CFA Level II Candidate.

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